The government of Puerto Rico has become corrupted, an effectively stole almost all of the aid the US sent out them for the hurricane. The politicians kept the aid for themselves, and resold it at a huge markup. This simply is not true. There are many stories of rotting food and water that never made it to the citizens because of corrupt politicians on the island.
As long as the Puerto Ricans speak Spanish as their primary language, they will never be the 51st state. Plus 40 states have to approve PR joining the union. Never happen, a pipe dream! Actually, only Congress has to approve a new state. Other states have no say. Your email address will not be published. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.
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Share Tweet Email Share. As American citizen, I want Puerto Rico be a state of the union. We have them, we have a result. Statehood would get directly to the debt issue. On June 11, , ahead of the referendum vote, Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez D-Ill. Government has not made any sort of commitment to honor this vote. So, regardless of how carefully the Statehooders dress it up to look like a legitimate democratic process, the June 11 plebiscite is a farce. Puerto Rico held a referendum on the territory's political status on June 11, Dana Boente, the acting deputy attorney general, responded on April 13, He said, "The Department [of Justice] has determined that multiple considerations preclude it from notifying Congress that it approves of the plebiscite ballot and obligating the funds.
In response to the letter from the DOJ, Puerto Rico's legislative assembly passed a bill to amend the referendum based on the department's comments. On April 19, , Gov. According to Rep. House, the bill also included funding for a number of Puerto Rico-based projects. On March 13, , an oversight board approved Puerto Rico Gov. The board voted unanimously to enforce austerity measures if Puerto Rico failed to meet certain conditions by April 30, including decreasing the public pension system by 10 percent, furloughing workers, and eliminating holiday bonuses.
The default triggered concerns about austerity measures and damaged relations between the government and investors, including citizens who relied on the bonds for retirement. In the months preceding the default, there was discussion in Washington, D. S , a bipartisan bill, proposed providing a stay on creditor litigation and establishing an independent oversight committee tasked with addressing the debt crisis. As a presidential candidate, President Donald Trump opposed bailing out Puerto Rico and argued that the island would benefit from reducing its bonds.
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Voter information What's on my ballot? Where do I vote? In a series of tweets on Saturday morning, Trump suggested the mayor had been told "to be nasty to Trump" by his Democratic opposition.
It follows widespread criticism of his administration's response to the hurricane. Responding to Trump's tweets in an interview the mayor said: "I was asking for help. I wasn't saying anything nasty about the president. This isn't about anyone. This is about lives that are being lost. Nobody there had heard of the row between Donald Trump and the mayor of San Juan. They had, after all, no phone signals, no internet, no television and had much more pressing things to think about.
Most had lost their homes and any belongings they had not managed to grab before Hurricane Maria struck. They told us they finally received mattresses to sleep on a full nine days after the hurricane, after having slept on the bare concrete of the classrooms until then. They said they had been visited by an official from the Federal Emergency Management Agency only on this, the 10th day. These people are in accessible areas close to the capital.
There are fears about many in remote areas still waiting to be reached. On Thursday the President announced shipping restrictions had been lifted to help provide aid to the island. The US military general in charge of the relief operation said on Friday that about 4, troops were already involved.
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