Skip to comments.
Vanity: Spoke to my Dad in Puerto Rico. He says: "Trump was right all along!"
Self ^
| 7/28/19
| Self
Posted on 07/28/2019 5:11:17 PM PDT by SilvieWaldorfMD
click here to read article
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-24 next last
To: SilvieWaldorfMD
Congrats for both of you!
2
posted on
07/28/2019 5:13:16 PM PDT
by
ConservativeMind
(Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
To: SilvieWaldorfMD
Wish your father the best from an anonymous FReeper :)
3
posted on
07/28/2019 5:13:52 PM PDT
by
dp0622
(Bad, bad company Till the day I die.)
To: SilvieWaldorfMD
Better late than never to admit it.
I will never understand why Hispanics tolerate corruption in their societies and even worse, curse at those trying to point it out by accusing them of being ‘racists’.
FWIW...I’m ‘White-Hispanic’ (par for the course unbeknownst to liberals).
4
posted on
07/28/2019 5:15:09 PM PDT
by
Roman_War_Criminal
(Like Enoch, Noah, & Lot, the True Church will soon be removed & then destruction comes forth.)
To: Freee-dame; 11th_VA; blueyon; kburi; hoosiermama; sofaman; BufordP; SE Mom; armymarinemom; ...
WMAL & Hurricane Maria Ping - UPDATE
5
posted on
07/28/2019 5:16:15 PM PDT
by
SilvieWaldorfMD
(A Realistically Really Real Housewife)
To: Freee-dame; 11th_VA; blueyon; kburi; hoosiermama; sofaman; BufordP; SE Mom; armymarinemom; ...
WMAL & Hurricane Maria Ping - UPDATE
6
posted on
07/28/2019 5:16:16 PM PDT
by
SilvieWaldorfMD
(A Realistically Really Real Housewife)
To: SilvieWaldorfMD
Sometimes people just have to come around in their own way and in their own time. I know this from personal experience.
7
posted on
07/28/2019 5:19:31 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
(Trump to China: This Capitalist Will Not Sell You the Rope with Which You Will Hang Us.)
To: SilvieWaldorfMD
Ever since the FDR administration, Puerto Rico has basically been an area, as Bastiat described in his treatise,
The Law, in which socialists can do experiments. The continuing interminable poverty is one result, undoubtedly.
(Washington, DC is a small area under federal jurisdiction, with some home rule, so federal socialists and other self-appointed betters, like Andy Harris, can do likewise there.)
8
posted on
07/28/2019 5:20:51 PM PDT
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(Show me the people who own the land, the guns and the money, and I'll show you the people in charge.)
To: SilvieWaldorfMD
There’s a few people I transport who should be clinically diagnosed with Trump Derangement Syndrome. Most have come around, especially those who are legal immigrants who are ticked off at the government letting criminals roam their neighborhoods and prey on their children.
9
posted on
07/28/2019 5:33:14 PM PDT
by
kingu
(Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks; SilvieWaldorfMD
I read awhile back that in the 50’s the US decided to change the economics of Puerto Rico from agricultural based to manufacturing based.
They gave corporations a major tax break, pharmaceuticals moved in, their economy soared.
Clinton pulled the plug on that one. Their economy tanked.
By the time the hurricane hit their infrastructure was already crumbling and didn’t have a chance.
Combine that with incompetent local governance, Puerto Ricans has paid a high price for inept politicos.
I fell in love with that island and her people 30 years ago.
Hate to see what it’s become.
10
posted on
07/28/2019 6:02:43 PM PDT
by
lizma2
To: SilvieWaldorfMD
Perhaps he can now convince others there. 8>)
To: lizma2
They gave corporations a major tax break, pharmaceuticals moved in, their economy soared.
I would much rather have tax breaks and incentives to have our pharmaceuticals made in Puerto Rico than in Red China.
12
posted on
07/28/2019 6:24:05 PM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
("...a choice between Woke-fevered Democrats and Koch-funded Republicans is insufficient."-Mark Steyn)
To: SilvieWaldorfMD
13
posted on
07/28/2019 6:27:39 PM PDT
by
Rusty0604
(2020 four more years!)
To: SilvieWaldorfMD
Trump is just proving himself - again and again.
More people see it every day.
14
posted on
07/28/2019 6:31:32 PM PDT
by
BeauBo
To: Roman_War_Criminal
At the risk of sounding racist here I have worked with and know dozens of Puerto Rican people all my life. For the most part they're decent, hard working, even patriotic. But they seem also to have been infantilizied at some point to expect the US government to be some kind of Big Father and give them everything they want and at the same time guilty of every deficiency in their lives.
15
posted on
07/28/2019 6:35:03 PM PDT
by
jmacusa
("If wisdom is not the Lord, what is wisdom?''.)
To: Dr. Sivana
Great Point!
Unfortunately a chuck of our pharmaceuticals (Vitamin C is a biggey.) and food source comes from China.
16
posted on
07/28/2019 6:43:43 PM PDT
by
lizma2
To: SilvieWaldorfMD
What a joy to read. Thanks for posting.
I loved Old San Juan when I went there decades ago. Was on a travel-writing trip and one of my fellow writers and I decided we wanted to live there, actually went apartment hunting. I always send best wishes to Puerto Ricans.
17
posted on
07/28/2019 7:10:13 PM PDT
by
Veto!
(Veto! (Political Correctness Offends Me))
To: SilvieWaldorfMD
Thanks for the update Silvie! Hope you are doing well.
18
posted on
07/28/2019 7:44:24 PM PDT
by
Rummyfan
(In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
To: SilvieWaldorfMD
Puerto Rico is nice and if it had the tax breaks, I think it could be a star in the Caribbean. Beautiful island...nice people. I used to to PR in the 90s.
19
posted on
07/29/2019 2:27:40 AM PDT
by
Deplorable American1776
(Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
To: jmacusa
Funny you mention that. I’ve noticed that trend as well.
I guess if you are considered a spoiled step-child after a century or so of “territorial rule” and you get all sorts of goodies thrown your way, that mentality just gets ingrained.
With Cubans, the contrast is stark. Like they came from another totally different gene pool.
20
posted on
07/29/2019 9:07:27 AM PDT
by
Roman_War_Criminal
(Like Enoch, Noah, & Lot, the True Church will soon be removed & then destruction comes forth.)
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-24 next last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson