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Cal Thomas: Puerto Rico's sorry state
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| 6/22/2017
| cal Thomas
Posted on 06/22/2017 6:19:18 AM PDT by cll
Puerto Rico, my hearts devotion. Let it sink back in the ocean. West Side Story
The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is drowning. The island, so popular with tourists, is $123 billion in debt. Thats more debt than the $18 billion bankruptcy filed by the city of Detroit in 2013. In May, San Juan declared a form of bankruptcy after creditors filed lawsuits demanding their money. A federal district judge appointed by Chief Justice John Roberts will handle the case.
How did this happen? Luis Fortuno, former governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, who served as president of the New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico (PNP), which advocates for the island to become a U.S. state, believes he knows.
Fortuno was elected in 2009. In a telephone interview from his Washington law office, he tells me that during his one term he cut government expenses by $2 billion and the islands bond rating went up. We refinanced the debt on better terms and by the time he left office in 2013, we had brought down the budget every year and lowered corporate taxes. People believed they could take risks again.
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"Would a Republican Congress and a Republican president ever back statehood for a territory that seems overwhelmingly Democratic and possibly add two senators and one voting House member to that partys total in Washington?...Fortuno doesnt believe it is a given that Democrats would win those seats. He draws a distinction between the mostly liberal Puerto Ricans who have left the island for places like New York City and those who remain. He says current residents are social and economic conservatives, suggesting Republicans could pick up seats".
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posted on
06/22/2017 6:19:19 AM PDT
by
cll
To: cll
I guess there is no “magic dirt” in PR so like the other billions of poor souls in this world with no magic dirt put them on a plane and land them here in the USA.
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posted on
06/22/2017 6:20:18 AM PDT
by
junta
("Peace is a racket", testimony from crime boss Barrack Hussein Obama.)
To: rrstar96; AuH2ORepublican; livius; adorno; wtc911; Willie Green; CGVet58; Clemenza; Narcoleptic; ...
Puerto Rico Ping! Please Freepmail me if you want on or off the list.
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posted on
06/22/2017 6:20:56 AM PDT
by
cll
(Serviam!)
To: cll
Don’t believe it. PR statehood would mean an extra two Rat senators forever.
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posted on
06/22/2017 6:31:24 AM PDT
by
Moonman62
(Make America Great Again!)
To: cll
He says current residents are social and economic conservatives, suggesting Republicans could pick up seats". Yeah, riight.
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posted on
06/22/2017 6:34:51 AM PDT
by
Steely Tom
(Liberals think in propaganda)
To: junta
Thank goodness we have magic dirt here, and the Constitution. That solves all problems for all people.
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posted on
06/22/2017 6:35:29 AM PDT
by
cdcdawg
To: cll
"Cal Thomas: Puerto Rico's sorry state." Puerto Rico..??? Somebody better be looking into the problems in Illinois...!
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posted on
06/22/2017 6:50:16 AM PDT
by
unread
(Joe McCarthy was right.......)
To: cll
IQ matters. Puerto Rico’s average IQ is 84, even lower than that of Mexico. Cut them loose and we raise the average IQ of American citizens.
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posted on
06/22/2017 6:52:33 AM PDT
by
thesharkboy
(Charter member of the Basket of Deplorables)
To: thesharkboy
Where the hell do you get that BS?
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posted on
06/22/2017 6:56:31 AM PDT
by
cll
(Serviam!)
To: thesharkboy
I don’t believe it. What is your souce?
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posted on
06/22/2017 7:01:20 AM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: thesharkboy
I dont believe it. What is your source?
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posted on
06/22/2017 7:01:52 AM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: trisham; cll
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posted on
06/22/2017 7:20:20 AM PDT
by
thesharkboy
(Charter member of the Basket of Deplorables)
To: thesharkboy
Human Varieties
humanvarieties.org
Top Ten Human Varieties Posts. Posted by Dalliard. 4. In the more than three years of its existence, about 110 posts have been published on this blog.
You estimated the average IQ?
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posted on
06/22/2017 7:33:14 AM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: trisham
I’m quoting directly from an original source in which the author averaged the results of many IQ studies over time. I didn’t perform the analysis myself.
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posted on
06/22/2017 7:38:56 AM PDT
by
thesharkboy
(Charter member of the Basket of Deplorables)
To: thesharkboy
Time to call it ... Puerto Ricofornia
To: thesharkboy
oh, bull crap. What’s your source for that?
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06/22/2017 9:10:41 AM PDT
by
warsaw44
To: warsaw44
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posted on
06/22/2017 9:17:12 AM PDT
by
thesharkboy
(Charter member of the Basket of Deplorables)
To: cll
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posted on
06/22/2017 9:53:01 AM PDT
by
SilvieWaldorfMD
(A Realistically Really Real Housewife)
To: cll
Not a good set of choices for us...if they become a state they will add 2 RAT senators and some RAT congressmen; if the take independence they could lease the naval base at Rosey Roads to Russia, China or North Korea...
Keeping them “as is” is safest for now.
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posted on
06/22/2017 10:01:52 AM PDT
by
JimRed
( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Building the Wall! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
To: cll
He says current residents are social and economic conservatives, suggesting Republicans could pick up seats".What percentage of those "social and economic conservatives" are currently on the dole? That would tell the tale.
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posted on
06/22/2017 10:05:15 AM PDT
by
JimRed
( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Building the Wall! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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