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Today is 8Day of hurricane Marias Puerto Rico path I (managed to survive to inform)
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Don't you mean US citizens should get help they need?
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 74841078 They are NOT all US citizens. Oh...by the way. With all this going on, President Trump sent responders and equipment to Mexico to help in search and rescue efforts after the earthquake. Media didn't report that...did they? What an ignorant fool you are. Every person born in PR is a US citizen. Educate yourself before you defecate through your mouth. They're considered US citizens, but they elect their own legislative assembly, a governor, and a representative to the U.S. House of Representatives. But unlike U.S. states, Puerto Ricans on the island cannot vote in presidential elections, and their representative in the House — known as a resident commissioner — has no vote. Oh yeah, how wonderful that they receive benefits from the federal government of the USA, but they DO NOT pay federal personal income taxes to the IRS. They pay NOTHING....ZERO... to the IRS. Also, Puerto Rico is $74 billion in debt plus $49 billion in debt for pensions for their people. Our government (we taxpayers) are now expected to bail them out. Again, another fool. Puerto Ricans contributed to every war since they became a territory of the USA in 1898. They contribute to Social Security, Medicare, etc. Thanks to the Jones Act, the prices paid by Puerto Rican consumers are roughly 20% higher than on the mainland. 20% of $35 billion (the annual consumer spending) is $7 billion. This is the amount of excess prices on goods paid every year, by Puerto Rican consumers. 85% (the percentage of goods that come from the US) of $7 billion is $5.95 billion. So Puerto Ricans pay roughly $5.95 billion in annual excess profits to US corporations, thanks to the Jones Act. That amount exceeds the $4.6 billion in federal benefits that the US “gives” to Puerto Rico. But wait, there’s more…due to the reduction in Medicare Advantage funds as of 2016, the US will reduce its “giving” to Puerto Rico by $500 million. So as of 2016, Puerto Ricans will receive only $4.1 billion back from the US government, but pay $5.95 billion in excess profits to US corporations. So the net result is that there is more influx of funds coming to the USA mainland than to PR. Get your facts straight before you spew nonsense.
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