Political Quotes

“on February 3, the New York Times ran a headline that said: ``On the Street, Cubans Fondly Embrace Capitalism.'' The story said life in Cuba is being transformed by a ``frantic search for dollars.'' The story went on to say this: Although Cuba's Communist leadership has often sought to rein in the changes, repeatedly reminding the people that it has not chosen capitalism as a solution to the country's grave economic problems, almost everywhere one looks these days private enterprise is filling voids left by an exhausted government. Just 5 months ago, the Cuban government allowed people to begin setting up new small businesses. The Times reported that the response was ``so enthusiastic that it caused serious absentee problems in state jobs and clogged downtown streets with petty merchants.'' Amazing. Cuba is beginning to embrace capitalism while we in the United States head away from it toward more and more government. For those who believe that government can solve all of our problems, I say look at Cuba. Why can we not see that big government only makes our problems worse. When will we realize that the Federal Government has directly or indirectly, brought about most of the very problems that we are now trying so desperately to correct.”