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2005-12-31 Caribbean-Latin America

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Posted by Anonymoose 2005-12-31 08:43|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Why, Moose? Who cares about Cuba? Hell, we'd be better off threatening them that if they don't get rid of the bearded fat scumbag pronto we're going to FORCE THEM TO ACCEPT PUERTO RICO AS PART OF THE "PEOPLE'S PARADISE." It wouldn't take five years of having PR to absolutely flat-out bankrupt their sorry butts and we'd be rid of a useless, money-sucking encumbrance. Both Cuba and PR are not now, never have been, and never will be of any net benefit and the US would be better off if tomorrow we woke to find that both had sunk beneath the waves without a trace. Maybe we'll get lucky and Chavez will accept them both.

Posted by mac 2005-12-31 12:37|| 2005-12-31 12:37|| Front Page Top

#2 As you point out, we've got PR. Who wants to create another welfare state? Let the Cubans work. After Castro goes, we might let the smart ones go back, if they want to.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2005-12-31 13:10|| 2005-12-31 13:10|| Front Page Top

#3 I think we could make some offers - for some classic cars!

Posted by 3dc 2005-12-31 15:11|| 2005-12-31 15:11|| Front Page Top

#4 Moose just wants some good, legal, Cuban cigars.

Posted by RWV 2005-12-31 15:33|| 2005-12-31 15:33|| Front Page Top

#5 A better approach would be to offer them the same deal that Puerto Rico has and dump Puerto Rico. Cuban ballplayers are better anyway.

Posted by RWV 2005-12-31 15:35|| 2005-12-31 15:35|| Front Page Top

#6 A trillion dollars is ~40% of the total Federal budget for a year. It's about $90,000 per capita in Cuba (1 trillion / 11 million Cubans).

I think that's a trifle high. Two trifles, in fact.

If the idea is to reassure the Cuban people that after Fidel meets Himmler in Hell, we'll be friendly and warm in our relations, fine. But I see no need to leave any substantial amount of money on the table until we know what kind of system they're going to have.

After all, there's still Raul.

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2005-12-31 16:51|| 2005-12-31 16:51|| Front Page Top

#7 If only they'd listened. What a business we coulda had

Posted by Hyman Roth">Hyman Roth 2005-12-31 17:05|| 2005-12-31 17:05|| Front Page Top

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