03-27-2019, 08:30 AM
(03-26-2019, 11:32 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: First off, one of the best women I ever dated is Puerto Rican. Secondly, 43% of the island's residents are on food stamps? WTF are they doing there?!
The island has very few resources of its own, so it relies on good to be shipped in. However, shipping restrictions put in place by the US restrict what can go there. Their airport infrastructure is not great, so they rely on shipping. Well, the Jones Act means everything shipped to them must be American made. This is costly for them. There is also a very high unemployment rate and great disparity in development on the island due to lack of investment from the outside.
There is a whole lot more, but the short version is that Puerto Rico's situation is a maelstrom of bad policy decisions both from the US mainland and their local government.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
