Saturday, July 30, 2011, 5:27 AM. The Jersey Journal.There is a move afoot by Republican lawmakers -- mostly in South Florida -- to again tighten restrictions on travel to Cuba, the tiny Communist nation 90 miles south of Florida. They claim that when President Obama eased travel restrictions that had been imposed by President George Bush, Cuba reaped a financial windfall. Under Bush, family members could only visit once every three years and as it has been since the embargo began, people without family there were not allowed to travel there.">Saturday, July 30, 2011, 5:27 AM. The Jersey Journal.There is a move afoot by Republican lawmakers -- mostly in South Florida -- to again tighten restrictions on travel to Cuba, the tiny Communist nation 90 miles south of Florida. They claim that when President Obama eased travel restrictions that had been imposed by President George Bush, Cuba reaped a financial windfall. Under Bush, family members could only visit once every three years and as it has been since the embargo began, people without family there were not allowed to travel there.">

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Saturday, July 30, 2011, 5:27 AM. The Jersey Journal.There is a move afoot by Republican lawmakers -- mostly in South Florida -- to again tighten restrictions on travel to Cuba, the tiny Communist nation 90 miles south of Florida.

They claim that when President Obama eased travel restrictions that had been imposed by President George Bush, Cuba reaped a financial windfall. Under Bush, family members could only visit once every three years and as it has been since the embargo began, people without family there were not allowed to travel there.

Family members are not limited in their travel, but critics say they are traveling to Cuba for business, not family.

Decades ago, the U.S. instituted an embargo, halting all exports and imports, figuring we would bring Fidel Castro to his knees. Old age, not the embargo, has done that. U.S. citizens with family members in Cuba have said time and time again the Cuban government officials have not suffered from the embargo, but average citizens there have.

Last week, the Republican-led House Foreign Affairs Committee approved a sweeping bill targeting Cuba travel and remittances. Republicans and Democrats on the panel backed the move pushed by Rep. David Rivera, R-Fla.

"This is not a humanitarian issue,'' said Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart. "People who go there ten or fifteen times a year. It's become a business, and a very lucrative business for the Castros.''

Source: http://www.nj.com/hudson/voices/index.ssf/2011/07/daily_poll_should_the_...

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