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Puerto Rico now belongs to Wall Street [Governor Admits Debts Cannot be Paid]
Business Insider ^ | 06/29/2015 | LINETTE LOPEZ AND SHANE FERRO

Posted on 06/29/2015 9:27:01 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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To: livius

http://isteve.blogspot.com/2014/03/puerto-rico-and-iq-same-as-it-ever-was.html?m=1


21 posted on 06/29/2015 10:06:35 AM PDT by Clemenza (Lurking)
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To: Blood of Tyrants
How bad does the mismanagement have to be for a territory smaller than Connecticut to get $72 BILLION in debt?

This is how.

22 posted on 06/29/2015 10:06:48 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

compare it’s debt to its gdp...

gdp: $103 billion (2013)
debt: $72 billion
per capita: $20,281 (3.55m people)

that puts their gdp to debt ratio around 1 : 1.43

meanwhile, for the US federal govt:

gdp: $17.7 trillion
debt: $18.3 trillion
per capita: $57,366 (319m people)

that puts its gdp to debt ratio around 1 : 0.96

the US federal government is in MUCH worse shape.

MUCH, MUCH worse.


23 posted on 06/29/2015 10:08:02 AM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: sten

I think you need to turn those last two numbers around.

Which is actually worse, but accurate according to those numbers.


24 posted on 06/29/2015 10:22:11 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: ctdonath2

Peurto Rico already voted to become the 51st state, Nov 2012.


25 posted on 06/29/2015 10:25:04 AM PDT by Hugh the Scot ( Total War)
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To: sten

If Liberals were honest, there would be a call to drag Paul Krugman out of house and “stone him to death” /Alec Baldwin

Giving money to the government so it can hire people to do bureaucratic make work that competes with capitalism and stifles economic growth has failed everytime it is tried (which is every time a progressive gets into a position of power.


26 posted on 06/29/2015 10:25:26 AM PDT by UNGN (I've been here since '98 but had nothing to say until now)
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To: SeekAndFind

So much of the US Debt is FAKE. 29% is held by Federal Government "Trust Funds", which mean the Federal Government spent all SS and Medicare surplus and now Social Security is pay as you go. This is why the retirement age is increasing and SS will be taxed for the rich. Another 12% is owed by the Fed which uses it to control money supply.

Another 34% is owed by foriegn governments which need US Treasury to bolster current accounts and support local currency.

27 posted on 06/29/2015 10:25:50 AM PDT by 11th Commandment ("THOSE WHO TIRE LOSE")
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To: SeekAndFind

Wall Street will already be working on a bailout for whatever financial firms are involved. Too big to fail, don’t you know.


28 posted on 06/29/2015 10:46:36 AM PDT by Will88
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To: SeekAndFind

Just print more money!


29 posted on 06/29/2015 11:27:53 AM PDT by Lorianne
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To: SeekAndFind

Puerto Rico has been running a Ponzi Scheme. They promise high rates of return for investing with them. They can’t balance their budget, so they have to offer more high rate investment to pay the earlier investors.

We need to start looking at the early investors in these Ponzi Schemes. They are probably Shills being used to entice others into the Ponzi Scheme.

I’m sorry, but we are going to have to start hanging thieves. There are too many of them and they aren’t afraid of jail.

This is a government run Ponzi Scheme. It used to be the government employees would swipe some of whatever they were dealing with.

Now, they’re running government-run Ponzi Schemes.


30 posted on 06/29/2015 11:32:02 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: Clemenza

I would trade Puerto Ricans for people from Hong Kong.

Hong Kong with twice the population and 1/8th the land mass created a economic powerhouse based on Laissez-faire capitalism.

Plus they’re willing to stand up to the Communist Chinese.

Good people to have.


31 posted on 06/29/2015 11:50:35 AM PDT by PanzerKardinal (Some things are so idiotic only an intellectual would believe it.)
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To: Lorianne

RE: Just print more money!

Puerto Rico can’t do that. Uncle Same can and I bet, will.


32 posted on 06/29/2015 12:40:17 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: Clemenza

And the D.R. Deserves this why?


33 posted on 06/29/2015 12:50:47 PM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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To: PanzerKardinal

Agreed.


34 posted on 06/29/2015 1:01:55 PM PDT by Clemenza (Lurking)
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