Clunkers for Cuba a missed opportunity
Boy, what an opportunity for American capitalism but we blew it. Can you image how many clunkers (recycled gas hogs) could have been sold to Castro. What an opportunity to satisfy an immense pent-up need on Havana's streets to replace the ancient cars held together with bailing wire and backyard mechanic imagination.
If only the State Department could just eat a little crow, the profits from these sales could go to recoup U.S. taxpayer's costs.
Oh well, good will and profit lost; just add it the increasing federal debt.
Ron Palmer
Elk Grove Village
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