Posted by
Steve on Tuesday, April 14, 2009 1:19:40 PM
We are seeing the imposition of socialism on our economy by the Obama administration and the Democrat Congress. This socialism will destroy what is left of the American spirit. Once socialism is imposed on an economy, it is very difficult to get rid of it. People get used to a benefit and then expect that the benefit will be there forever. Also, there is the worry that from socialism to communism is a very short step.
Barack Obama is allowing people to send money to Cuba. That is a change from a policy that has been in place for about 50 years. Rumor has it that the Castro regime is struggling financially because of poor cash flow. This increase in cash from America should keep the Castro regime solvent well into the future. The question is: why would Barack Obama prop up a communist regime that was about to collapse from under its own weight? Right now, there are not definite answers, but lots of speculation.
The best guess that I have heard is that he wants to keep all the communist countries that surround the United States strong. Since Barack Obama probably is more closely aligned with communist regimes than he is with American ideals, this guess makes a lot of sense. I say that he is more closely aligned with communist regimes because what he has done to this point would be no different if he were a communist, even though he has not shown himself to be one, yet. The big difference between what a communist would do and what Barack Obama has done, is that a communist would centralize control to a greater extent.
The Castro regime was set to collapse when Fidel and/or Raul die. There would be a blood bath as various factions would try to gain control over the country. But, there would be a chance for the country to achieve some independence at that point. Propping up the Castro regime means that the Castro brothers will be able to select someone to follow them. They can do this by buying off everyone. Without the cash, they would be unable to buy anyone off so anyone could have gained the upper hand. This will just mean an orderly transfer of power. How good a hold on power that person would have is another question, but he would gain power. By having power, it would make it nearly impossible for the people to achieve any sort of independence without a huge loss of blood. Even with this orderly transfer of power, there may be a huge loss of blood as this person consolidates power before anyone else can threaten him.
This transfer of cash to Cuba is the wrong thing at the wrong time. The time to send cash to Cuba is after the Castro regime has ended. Then the people will need money to rebuild Cuba into the economic power that it can be in the Caribbean. Before Castro seized power, Cuba was a great tourist destination. It also had a lot of business activity. Now, there is little tourism and little business activity. Cuba is strangling on communism. Cash will allow Cuba to continue to defy logic and continue as a communist country. The only reason that Cuba has remained communist to this day is Fidel Castro. He has single handedly kept Cuba communist all these years. He has also kept all possible adversaries in prison or in graves.
The Cuban population in the Miami area is upset over this relaxing of the restriction. They were hoping that when Castro died that the island would become free. An infusion of cash would delay that from happening and the Cuban population is hopping mad. I say good for them. Remember this anger when you get to vote in 2010 and 2012.