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Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton support bankruptcy rights for Puerto Rico
CNN ^
| 7/7/15
| Heather Long
Posted on 07/07/2015 1:57:54 PM PDT by jimbo123
Puerto Rico has two very powerful allies in its debt drama: Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton.
Both 2016 presidential candidates support giving Puerto Rico the same legal bankruptcy rights that states have. Puerto Rico's governor has been lobbying hard for the change to help deal with the commonwealth's $73 billion debt.
There's a bill in Congress to give Puerto Rico what it wants, but it has no co-sponsors. That's why Bush and Clinton's backing could be key.
"I think that Puerto Rico ought to be treated as other states are treated as it relates to restructuring," Bush said during a visit to the island in late April. Other Republican candidates have largely stayed silent on the issue thus far.
On Tuesday, Clinton jumped on board as well.
(Excerpt) Read more at money.cnn.com ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2016election; bailout; bankruptcy; deportjebbush; donaldtrump; election2016; newyork; puertorico
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posted on
07/07/2015 1:57:54 PM PDT
by
jimbo123
To: jimbo123
I dont understand why Jeb just doesn’t run against Hillary for the Democratic nomination!
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posted on
07/07/2015 2:00:09 PM PDT
by
TexasFreeper2009
(You can't spell Hillary without using the letters L, I, A, & R)
To: jimbo123
To: jimbo123
They support any fabrication that bilks the taxpayers.
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posted on
07/07/2015 2:01:50 PM PDT
by
Westbrook
(Children do not divide your love, they multiply it)
To: jimbo123
Yo Jeb. Puerto Rico isn't a real state, like illegals aren't real, OH NEVERMIND...
To: Westbrook
Amnesty Jeb pushing for a government bailout for his crony Florida donors heavily invested in Puerto Rican debt.
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posted on
07/07/2015 2:05:02 PM PDT
by
jimbo123
To: jimbo123
Two sides of the same coin.
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posted on
07/07/2015 2:05:13 PM PDT
by
Buckeye Battle Cry
(Hillary - Ethically sleazy and politically stupid)
To: jimbo123
Maybe they with run together on the RAT ticket.
They seem to like each other and seem to have a lot in common.
Plus, the Bush family has a history of bailouts?
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posted on
07/07/2015 2:05:56 PM PDT
by
tennmountainman
("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small pittance.)
To: jimbo123
As long as I don’t have to shell out my money I don’t care what they do.
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posted on
07/07/2015 2:21:15 PM PDT
by
Vinnie
To: TexasFreeper2009
Yes, there is not much daylight between them on a host of issues.
To: jimbo123
I support jail sentences for the government officials who ran that Ponzi Scheme in Puerto Rico.
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posted on
07/07/2015 2:33:07 PM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: cll
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posted on
07/07/2015 2:43:19 PM PDT
by
Sergio
(An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
To: Vinnie
As long as I don’t have to shell out my money I don’t care what they do. Where do you think your tax money goes?
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posted on
07/07/2015 2:44:51 PM PDT
by
abb
("News reporting is too important to be left to the journalists." Walter Abbott (1950 -))
To: jimbo123
—...Puerto Rico’s governor has been lobbying hard for the change...—
How do these lobbyists lobby anyway? How do they get a member of Congress to be an advocate for them?
Probably a dumb question. An envelop of non-traceable cash, all expense vacation for the family, women, wine, drugs, exclusive use of the G6 for a year maybe.
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posted on
07/07/2015 2:51:15 PM PDT
by
Paulie
(America without Christianity is like a Chemistry book without the periodic table.)
To: jimbo123
Oh yeah,
I know i want to be taxed to help pay for puerto rico’s over spending..
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posted on
07/07/2015 2:53:56 PM PDT
by
Joe Boucher
( Obammy is a lie, a mooselimb and pond scum.)
To: jimbo123
Jebbie should switch parties and take “George P.” with him, and they can beg HRC for second spot on a “fusion” ticket, they way they used to have such a format in NY.
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posted on
07/07/2015 2:58:22 PM PDT
by
Theodore R.
(Liberals keep winning; so the American people must now be all-liberal all the time.)
To: jimbo123
Jeb and Hill belong on the same ticket.
TRUMP-CRUZ 2016
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posted on
07/07/2015 3:00:24 PM PDT
by
HomerBohn
(When did it change from "We the people" to "screw the people" ?)
To: TexasFreeper2009
Why not Clinton/Bush 2016?
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posted on
07/07/2015 3:11:46 PM PDT
by
Lurkinanloomin
(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
To: jimbo123
Yeb Bush proving once again that he’s only concerned if you speak Spanish.
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posted on
07/07/2015 3:14:30 PM PDT
by
Lurkinanloomin
(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
To: TexasFreeper2009
Because there lovers on the side. It is called dumber and dumber fall in love.
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posted on
07/07/2015 4:15:11 PM PDT
by
lostboy61
(Lock and Load and stand your ground!.)
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