Whenever presidential elections roll around I often feel like I know just what the next president ought to do. This is pure vanity, of course. I have no idea the intricacies of the job. There are so many factors that I am unaware of, so many things kept from me by my government, that an informed opinion isn’t really possible.
Also there’s a lot of stuff I’m not interested in. Still, there is the occasional no-brainer.
According to the New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, 3rd edition, a “no-brainer” is “Something that is absurdly simple or easy and requires little thought.”
I think I can handle that.
So what are some things that seem so obvious that any mook ought to immediately say, “Yeah, America oughta do that”? (The implication, of course, is that these things are obvious and yet are NOT being done.)
Ok, how about normalizing relations with Cuba? Anyone see a downside to that? Other than garnering votes from the Florida, anti-Castro crowd, what possible reason could anyone have for ending 50 plus years of ostracizing these poor people?
The original reason for the embargos and travel restrictions was to topple the Castro regime. Does anyone think just a few more years is gonna do it? And who is suffering? It’s certainly not the Cuban government. If Americans could spend vacations on their beaches (and of course, some do. You just have to leave from Canada or Mexico), spend money in their shops and, not incidentally, show them what the rest of the world is doing, well…I can’t see any down side, can you? They might even decide they want a little democracy too.
Seems like a no-brainer to me
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