Will Obama Let Castro Keep $6 Billion in Stolen US Property?

Will Obama Let Castro Keep $6 Billion in Stolen US Property?

As Obama once said, what’s wrong with a little wealth redistribution? The Castros agreed.
And considering how much Obama has already redistributed from the middle class to his cronies and his voting base, what’s a few billion more?


The $6 billion figure represents the value of all the assets seized from thousands of U.S. citizens and businesses after the Cuban revolution in 1959. With the United States pressing forward on normalizing relations with the communist country, some say the talks must resolve these claims.


“The administration has not provided details about how it will hold the Castro regime to account for the more than $6 billion in outstanding claims by American citizens and businesses for properties confiscated by the Castros,” Sen. Robert Menendez, D-Fla., top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, wrote in a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry ahead of historic talks in Havana last week.


Menendez urged the U.S. to “prioritize the interests of American citizens and businesses that have suffered at the hands of the Castro regime” before moving ahead with “additional economic and political concessions.”


I think Obama is planning to do that right after he secures the border and stops forcing nuns to fund abortions. And shuts down Iran’s nuclear program.



Assistant Secretary of State Roberta Jacobson, after leading the talks in Havana last week, did not mention the U.S. property claims at a press briefing. The department also did not respond to FoxNews.com’s requests for comment on the matter. In Dec. 18 remarks, however, Jacobson said, “registered claims against the Cuban government” would be part of the “conversation.”
Sure.


The two sets of Comrades will talk it over, have a good laugh, propose some concessions for a few big corps that come to Cuba to do business and the whole thing gets shoved under the table with the Constitution.



She also noted Cuban claims of monetary losses due to the 50-year-old U.S. embargo.
Isn’t it great that Roberta is arguing the Cuban case for them to us. It’s almost like she works for the other side.
Almost.



Robert Muse, a Washington, D.C., attorney who has represented corporate clients whose assets were seized, said. “You have to take seriously the notion that a government must support their companies when their [property] is expropriated. You have to have some consistency on that.”
Obama seizes property from Americans. So does Castro. Can’t get more consistent than that.



by Daniel Greenfield