From a Facebook friend: In 1959 when Castro took over Cuba, RAFAEL CRUZ, the father of Senator Ted Cruz, returned to Cuba from a U.S. student visa, and got the shock of my life. That same man that had been talking before about hope and change, now was talking about how the rich were evil, about how they oppressed the people, and about the need to redistribute the wealth. He began attacking the Press, curtail the freedom of the Press, attacking religion, confiscating property. Then he began instituting socialized medicine and imposing wage and price controls--basically reducing everybodys salary to a least common denominator. As a result, productivity was destroyed and free enterprise was destroyed. To give you an idea, today in Cuba, the average salary is $14 a month--$14 a month. I remember during that time, also he mandated that all public schools had to teach Marxist ideology. My mother was a 6th grade elementary school teacher; she refused to do so, and she was fired for it. And she said, I would rather suffer the consequences than poison the minds of children with communistic indoctrination. So I came back to the United States, totally disillusioned but glad and thanking God for the opportunity that this country offered me.... In 1976, I was shocked again when I saw a government started in this country instituting socialist policies, which I very easily recognized because of my experience in Cuba.... As we see whats happening today in this country, perhaps some of us could get disillusioned. I think that the most ominous words Ive ever heard was in the last two State of the Union Addresses, when our President said, If Congress does not act, I will act unilaterally. Not much different than that old bearded friend that I left behind in Cuba--governing by decree, by executive order, just like a dictator, like Fidel Castro. - huffingtonpost/2013/10/15/ted-cruz-fidel-castro_n_4101974.html
Posted on: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 23:41:39 +0000
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