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To: cll

So then is Puerto Rico just a territory or possession of America, not a Commonwealth? But then, still doesn’t have the status of a state.

What are the practical effects of this? Does this mean Congress in Washington has direct oversight of PR??


4 posted on 06/09/2016 7:48:11 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Exactly.


13 posted on 06/09/2016 7:56:53 AM PDT by cll (Serviam!)
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To: Dilbert San Diego
What are the practical effects of this?

It means you and the rest of the Americans are going to end up paying for the corruption down there. Get ready for a bailout that will make GM look like chicken feed.

14 posted on 06/09/2016 7:58:55 AM PDT by PAR35
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Yes, it means that whatever the government of PR did or does, Congress is ultimately responsible for their actions, good or bad, and in this case ‘mucho grande mal’, to the tune of $70 BILLION in debts........................


24 posted on 06/09/2016 8:22:24 AM PDT by Red Badger (Make America AMERICA again!.........................)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Might be that the S.Ct. is creating a way for Congress to bail out PR’s idiotic finaces by declaring the government a nonentity.

Bend over US taxpayers.


29 posted on 06/09/2016 10:05:53 AM PDT by wildbill (If you check behind the shower curtain for a slasher, and find one.... what's your plan?)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

This is the form the Bailout of PR is taking. Congress will pay off PR’s debts with your money and mine.


30 posted on 06/09/2016 10:26:29 AM PDT by arthurus
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Puerto Rico is an unincorporated territory of the United States.

Consequence: Their bond default is our bond default.

Consequence: Our “paper” is worthless on the world market.

Consequence: Economically, we are a dead man walking. It is just a matter of a few more days/weeks before we fall down.


35 posted on 06/09/2016 12:23:50 PM PDT by TruthInThoughtWordAndDeed (Yahuah Yahusha)
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