Are you Fucking Kidding Me? Can we say Helms-Burton?

I have to admit this blew me out of the water! I'm still speechless after reading such an atrocity! How can state legislators be so "out of it"? Clearly the people in Nebraska live in an entirely different country. Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't trade with Cuba have to be paid upfront and in cash? I don't think the US would accept cigars as payments!!!

Intrigued? Read what Nebraska legislators are up to.

Corn For Cubans? State Senator Wants It To Happen
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- Trading corn for Cuban cigars? Omaha state Sen. Pam Brown wants to see it happen. She introduced a bill (LB1034) Wednesday that would allow Nebraska to trade agricultural products with Cuba in exchange for tobacco. Whether that would be allowed under federal trade laws isn't entirely clear, Brown said. "Nobody's done it before," she said. "I'm sure the ATF (the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) will find some reason not to like it." (No Kidding! It's called contraband!)
Brown got the idea after Gov. Dave Heineman made two trips to Cuba last year and made contracts worth $30 million for beans, wheat and other ag products. Heineman's spokesman had not seen Brown's bill and had no immediate comment. If the idea worked, Brown said, it would be an economic boon (I think they mean boom!) to Nebraska. Not only would the state benefit from the initial trade, it would also make money on taxes paid on the resale of the Cuban tobacco products, she said. Retail stores in Nebraska would have to enter a lottery for the right to sell the cigars. Brown, who doesn't smoke, said her intent was not to encourage people to light up but instead to give Nebraska a marketing edge.