The farm lobby is looking to Cuba for business; they don't have to go back too far to figure out that this small country is not a good credit risk. Last year, it was reported that France canceled a grain shipment of $160 million due to Cuba's non-payment and that South Africa and Thailand stopped providing credits to the island. Eastern European governments have tried unsuccessfully to get payment on their Cuban debt. Cuba has one of the worst credit ratings in the world.
The farm lobby is the main recipient of corporate welfare. As far as the taxpayers foot the bill they will be happy to sell on credit to Castro.
It does not make economic sense to sell to somebody you know that will never pay back. ADM, the biggest recipient of corporate welfare, is at the forefront along with Castro in bilking billions of dollars of American taxpayers’ hard earned money
I'm against the gov't backing any private business venture, including farms.
Did you ever hear of charity. The wealthy Cubans bailed out of Cuba long ago and sit in the United States and snipe at everything done in our country that doesn't suit them. Their obvious aim is to eventually return to Cuba and continue their Batista style rape of the poor.
The United States would long ago have re-established relations with Cuba on the basis on humanitarian reasons alone were it not for these old cuban ruling class types as stated above.