Comments by "Deborah Freedman" (@deborahfreedman333) on "Jake Tapper: Trump’s false claim is ‘shocking and disturbing’" video.

  1. Yes, Puerto Rico's infrastructure was in poor shape prior to Maria. But, this was in part due to the strictures of the Jones Act of 1917. Congress ruled in 1984 that, unlike states, they may not declare title 9 bankruptcy. Loss of certain tax credits caused 80,000 jobs to be lost. They are in bad financial shape largely because they are not treated as well as states by Congress. Let them become a state so that they can vote for representatives in the US Congress.
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