It seems Democratic-Socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) just can’t help herself ~
(AOC) demanded at a town hall event in the Bronx on Thursday that everybody be given “access” to guaranteed homes […]
“We have to make sure that housing is being legislated as a human right,” Ocasio-Cortez arrogantly stated. “What does that mean? What it means is that our access and our ability and our guarantee to having a home comes before someone else’s privilege to earn a profit.“
Never mind that this inane assertion flies in the face of our actual, constitutionally-guaranteed rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness – what it really means is that Ocasio-Cortez is essentially promoting equal misery for all.
Much has been written about the failure of socialism in Venezuela. But we have only to look just south of Florida to see the end result of nonsensical pontifications like AOC’s about collectivism. Of course they don’t yet have a right to a home in Cuba either; in fact the existing houses are crumbling right along with the infrastructure ~
As Havana crumbles and buildings collapse on residents, Cuba’s dictatorship decides to renovate propaganda venue ~
The once beautiful city of Havana is crumbling. Buildings collapse on a regular basis, injuring and killing residents unfortunate enough to be in them when they tumble. Just this week, a primary school in Havana had a partial collapse, reportedly injuring five students who had to be hospitalized […]
With Havana disintegrating and Cubans losing their homes due to six decades of socialist inefficiency and corruption, one would think the government would invest its money and resources into fixing that dire problem. But this is socialist Cuba, where propaganda and the perpetuation of the Castro dictatorship takes supreme priority.
When the government sucks all the wealth out the economy, under the guise of benevolent redistribution, this is what you get. Somehow the money stolen from the greedy capitalists never makes it into the hands of those who really need it – (See Venezuela.) like the hungry ~
Shocking! Severe food shortages in Cuba don’t affect tourists ~
The real shock is the fact that not a single news outlet that is covering the food shortages and rationing in Cuba dares to mention that Castro, Inc.’s apartheid tourist industry is totally unaffected by this crisis […]
Chicken, eggs and soap. Three items available right now at practically any grocery store in America but much harder to come by and afford in a country just 90 miles from U.S. soil. Cuba has a food shortage.
The Caribbean nation`s communist government has put what it calls regulations, which are rations, on meats and cleaning products.
The reason, there are fewer of them on the island and the government says it`s trying to make sure what is available is distributed equally […]
(N)o other political system would lay claim to egalitarian social justice while granting foreigners privileges and amenities it denies to its own citizens.
Waiting for rationed food in Cuba
Now our last socialist-sympathizing president thought that the Castro regime was doing a super job of running ruining the country. Thankfully, the current POTUS disagrees.
Unlike Mr. Obama, President Trump is not concerned with being Cuba’s new BFF. Last week the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) unveiled new travel restrictions to Cuba as part his revised foreign policy position ~
The Department amended the Cuban Assets Control Regulations (CACR) which now bans all non-family travel to the country. The State Department said the United States will no longer permit visits to Cuba via passenger and recreational vessels, including cruise ships and yachts, as well as private and corporate aircraft.
The goal of the restrictions is to significantly hinder Cuba’s economy and pressure its government to stop aiding Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro.
According to Humberto Fontova, since the 1950’s, U.S. tourism to Cuba remained technically illegal according to U.S. law. However,
Obama had opened up so many loopholes that Americans became second only to Canadians as vacationers in Cuba (i.e. as financial partners with the Stalinist, terror-sponsoring regime’s military and secret-police.) […]
“A, B, C–easy as one, two, three,” goes the famous song. And just as easily predicted by all “Right-Wing-Cuban-American-Crackpots” (i.e. people who thoroughly understand Castroism from firsthand experience)—just like the song: A.) Obama’s executive orders further enriched the Stalinist regime B.) who thus became fat and happy C.) unleashed a wave of terror on their subjects (both Cuban and Venezuelan) unlike anything seen in decades.
President Trump’s new travel ban is precisely aimed at thwarting the tyrannical Cuban regime ~
“Cuba continues to play a destabilizing role in the Western Hemisphere, providing a communist foothold in the region and propping up U.S. adversaries in places like Venezuela and Nicaragua by fomenting instability, undermining the rule of law, and suppressing democratic processes,” Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a statement. […]
“This Administration has made a strategic decision to reverse the loosening of sanctions and other restrictions on the Cuban regime. These actions will help to keep U.S. dollars out of the hands of Cuban military, intelligence, and security services.”
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Related:
President Guaido credits U.S. sanctions on the Castro dictatorship for weakening of Cuban spy network in Venezuela
U.S. denies visas to over 200 socialist academics sent by Cuba’s Castro dictatorship
Reviewing the historical record: The case for undoing Obama’s Cuba policy and how it will help Venezuelans ~
Detente with the Castro regime had and continues to have negative and unintended consequences. The consensus with Europe established in 1996 in the EU Common Position, linking improved relations to improvement in human rights, was ended. The influx of cash and international legitimacy during the Obama Administration emboldened the dictatorship to behave more aggressively in the region, and against the democratic opposition in Cuba.
It was a policy born of secrecy, great injustices, skirting Congressional oversight, and U.S. law.
What tourists don’t see in Cuba as a result of Socialism ~ Some revealing photos from behind the communist curtain. They’re at least 13 years old – and things haven’t improved since then.
