WOW, OK so they receive welfare from us, but.....
“Though the Commonwealth government has its own tax laws, Puerto Ricans are also required to pay most U.S. federal taxes, with the major exception being that some residents do not have to pay the federal personal income tax.”
Taxation in Puerto Rico - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxation_in_Puerto_Rico
Seems more than passingly strange, at least to me.
Also, US corporations get a big tax break for “exporting” from the island to the states, which is why many companies locate manufacturing facilities there.
I’ve only been there one time on business, but had personal time to travel around the island, away from the facade of San Juan or the resort hotels. It’s a strange place indeed, a mix of modernity and third-world style poverty.
The people there were wonderful - friendly and very hospitable, though maybe surprised by the weird American with the pretty wife who wanted to eat real PR food and see the place as it is...