Follow the money in another betrayal to Communism in Cuba:
I have a lot of sympathy for those Cubans who had everything stolen by the Communist scum our scum just hopped in bed with; nevertheless, I smell Democrat parasites after a buck. It all reeks of reparations for descendants of slaves, except that Democrat parasites will turn it upside down one way or another.
The dubious principle of odious debt also has a tinge of reparations. Odious debt got some coverage in the aftermath of the Iraq War:
At the time, Phyllis Schlafly laid out the dollar amounts in a very informative article:
There is no doubt in my mind that American taxpayers will pay, and pay, and pay, regardless of what it is called. The Cubans who lost everything in 1959 will see damn little if anything.
"All we want is a level playing field," said Jason Poblete, a lawyer and registered lobbyist representing 10 American families pressing the Obama administration to recover billions of dollars in seized assets the Castro regime took after the country's 1959 revolution.
"Americans who were injured by the communist regime in Cuba deserve justice," he said. "The U.S. government and elected leaders need to speak for them and defend their interests."
"Americans who were injured by the communist regime in Cuba deserve justice," he said. "The U.S. government and elected leaders need to speak for them and defend their interests."
Critics, watchdogs question stealth Cuba lobbying campaign
By Susan Crabtree • 8/24/15 12:01 AM
Critics, watchdogs question stealth Cuba lobbying campaign
By Susan Crabtree • 8/24/15 12:01 AM
Critics, watchdogs question stealth Cuba lobbying campaign
I have a lot of sympathy for those Cubans who had everything stolen by the Communist scum our scum just hopped in bed with; nevertheless, I smell Democrat parasites after a buck. It all reeks of reparations for descendants of slaves, except that Democrat parasites will turn it upside down one way or another.
The dubious principle of odious debt also has a tinge of reparations. Odious debt got some coverage in the aftermath of the Iraq War:
An odious debt was defined in 1927 by the Russian theorist of international obligations Alexander Sack as one incurred by a "regime," not "a nation." When Saddam Hussein went to France and Russia to borrow money, was that money turned to the use of the Iraqi people, or was it for self-aggrandizement?
The Democratic high command in Congress has joined forces with the White House in taking the position that the debts should be repaid. But that view of things hasn't been highly ventilated, and the political season is one that would certainly welcome a public debate on the question.
The Democratic high command in Congress has joined forces with the White House in taking the position that the debts should be repaid. But that view of things hasn't been highly ventilated, and the political season is one that would certainly welcome a public debate on the question.
William F. Buckley Jr.
October 08, 2003, 12:28 p.m.
Odious Activities
William F. Buckley - Odious activities
October 08, 2003, 12:28 p.m.
Odious Activities
William F. Buckley - Odious activities
At the time, Phyllis Schlafly laid out the dollar amounts in a very informative article:
Bush's representative L. Paul Bremer III then let the cat out of the bag. Iraq can't finance its own reconstruction, he said, because it has a debt of $200 billion and therefore can't borrow against future oil profits. Of that $200 billion, more than half is commercial debt owed to a number of countries (mainly France, Russia and Germany), and the rest is war reparations (mainly to Kuwait) owed from the first Gulf War.
Ever since the collapse of the Soviet empire, Americans have been reassured that the United States is the world's only superpower. Now we find that some mysterious international authority is imposing taxation without representation on Americans.
This anonymous authority is telling us, through messenger Bremer, that U.S. citizens must tax ourselves to build the infrastructure of another country on the other side of the world. We are told we must respect the prior right of our non-friends in Europe to cash in on the oil that will soon start flowing in the country which our troops and treasure just liberated.
Then we hear that $20.3 billion is only the start of our burden. Bremer admitted on CNBC's Capital Report that our ultimate costs to rebuild Iraq will be "probably well above $50 billion, $60 billion, maybe $100 billion."
Respecting the debts of a defunct dictator is only a custom, and that custom should be overruled by the Doctrine of Odious Debts, i.e., that a country is not responsible for a despotic regime's debts that were used for purposes contrary to the interests of the nation. The United States used this doctrine after the Spanish-American War to cancel Cuba's debts to Spain, and it should be used today because there is no justification in requiring either the Iraqi people or U.S. taxpayers to pay for Saddam's profligacy.
Ever since the collapse of the Soviet empire, Americans have been reassured that the United States is the world's only superpower. Now we find that some mysterious international authority is imposing taxation without representation on Americans.
This anonymous authority is telling us, through messenger Bremer, that U.S. citizens must tax ourselves to build the infrastructure of another country on the other side of the world. We are told we must respect the prior right of our non-friends in Europe to cash in on the oil that will soon start flowing in the country which our troops and treasure just liberated.
Then we hear that $20.3 billion is only the start of our burden. Bremer admitted on CNBC's Capital Report that our ultimate costs to rebuild Iraq will be "probably well above $50 billion, $60 billion, maybe $100 billion."
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Respecting the debts of a defunct dictator is only a custom, and that custom should be overruled by the Doctrine of Odious Debts, i.e., that a country is not responsible for a despotic regime's debts that were used for purposes contrary to the interests of the nation. The United States used this doctrine after the Spanish-American War to cancel Cuba's debts to Spain, and it should be used today because there is no justification in requiring either the Iraqi people or U.S. taxpayers to pay for Saddam's profligacy.
Iraq should pay its own way
Phyllis Schlafly
October 6, 2003
Iraq Should Pay Its Own Way -- Phyllis Schlafly Oct. 8, 2003 column.
Phyllis Schlafly
October 6, 2003
Iraq Should Pay Its Own Way -- Phyllis Schlafly Oct. 8, 2003 column.
There is no doubt in my mind that American taxpayers will pay, and pay, and pay, regardless of what it is called. The Cubans who lost everything in 1959 will see damn little if anything.
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