Obama To Illegally Lift Cuba Travel Ban

by JASmius



Hey, c'mon, we should be used to the Dictator ruling by decree by now, shouldn't we?:

The Obama administration plans to unilaterally....

Which is to say, illegally, unlawfully, and unconstitutionally.

....ease the travel restrictions to Cuba, sources told ABC News.

The new measures would bypass limits on travel imposed by Congress by changing regulations at the executive level. [emphasis added]

Which, of course, is "higher" than the "congressional level".  Sound familiar?

Talks are already underway between the Federal Aviation Administration and Cuban aviation authorities to resume regularly scheduled non-charter or commercial flights between the two countries.

And ABC News has learned that the Treasury Department is now considering new regulations that would allow all Americans to travel to Cuba as individuals and not in tour groups or with other third-party arrangers....

But how would they be able to use credit and debit cards to infuse American cash into the poor Castro brothers' pockets?  No problem:

The president also plans on unilaterally....

Which is to say, illegally, unlawfully, and unconstitutionally.

....giving banks cover to allow use of credit cards, which already is supposed to be happening but is not because banks have been cautious.

Because they were abiding by and complying with the law.  Silly banks.

While American Express and MasterCard announced they would allow their cards to be used on the island, no Cuban bank has authorization, meaning those traveling from America must still pay in cash.

A bill was introduced in Congress earlier this year to lift the travel embargo but has yet to move through committee.

But such a trifling piece of "Republican obstructionist warmongering" detail can't get in the Dictator's way, can it?

Exit question: Has he golfed down there yet?  Beats me what he's waiting for.  All he'd need is Jimmy Carter to complete his foursome with Raul and Fidel.  Mr. Peanut, even after his pancreatic cancer announcement last weekend, has to be at least as animate as Sick Willie.