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Hatch, Grassley, Murkowski Introduce Legislation to Address Puerto Rico Debt Crisis
The United States Senate ^ | 12/09/2015

Posted on 12/09/2015 6:56:43 PM PST by cll

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So much for the myth of the autonomous self-government of Puerto Rico...
1 posted on 12/09/2015 6:56:43 PM PST by cll
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To: rrstar96; AuH2ORepublican; livius; adorno; wtc911; Willie Green; CGVet58; Clemenza; Narcoleptic; ...
Puerto Rico Ping! Please Freepmail me if you want on or off the list.


2 posted on 12/09/2015 6:57:55 PM PST by cll (Serviam!)
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Not just no but HELL NO!!!

L


3 posted on 12/09/2015 6:59:35 PM PST by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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I knew this was coming and could have predicted Booby Hatch would be leading the parade.


4 posted on 12/09/2015 7:01:57 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Islamophobia? It is not irrational to fear evil)
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WE don’t give a crap. We are BROKE!!!!


5 posted on 12/09/2015 7:02:03 PM PST by WENDLE (Trump is not bought . He is no puppet.)
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“The bill provides both responsible tax relief to workers and transitional relief to the Commonwealth without adding to the federal deficit or debt”


6 posted on 12/09/2015 7:03:21 PM PST by cll (Serviam!)
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They’re lying.

L


7 posted on 12/09/2015 7:06:34 PM PST by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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Additionally, the legislation includes financial oversight intended to help Puerto Rico attain financial and economic stability, while respecting Puerto Rico's autonomy.

Hopefully this "financial oversight" is not coming from the idiots managing the Federal budget.
8 posted on 12/09/2015 7:07:53 PM PST by microgood
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It is a real crisis. If that island is allowed to capsize or sink, it could cause a serious tsunami.


9 posted on 12/09/2015 7:08:28 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to to God!)
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To: cll

another effing bail out


10 posted on 12/09/2015 7:10:49 PM PST by onona
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Bailout.


11 posted on 12/09/2015 7:17:08 PM PST by Timber Rattler ("To hold a pen is to be at war." --Voltaire)
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“...while ensuring that people like the 16,000 Iowans who invested their hard-earned money in Puerto Rico’s tax free electric utility bonds, for example, aren’t left holding the bag.”

Why not? Again, we are playing favorites. I lost a bundle in my 401k in 2007, and nobody bailed me out! My retirement was forever changed by that debacle. Screw the Iowans, they bought $hit bonds, let them suck it up just like we had to. Grassley &Co are FOS!


12 posted on 12/09/2015 7:19:21 PM PST by vette6387
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Worthless RINO excrement.


13 posted on 12/09/2015 7:21:22 PM PST by Polyxene (Out of the depths I have cried to Thee, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice.)
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As part of their ongoing effort to provide a fiscally responsible solution to the growing financial, debt and economic crises ...

STOP RIGHT HERE! OH MY SIDES, I CAN'T BREATHE I'M LAUGHING SO HARD!!!!!!

14 posted on 12/09/2015 7:21:28 PM PST by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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Wasn’t there a time when Hatch wasn’t a raving lunatic.

I seem to remember many years ago, before dementia set in. He needs to retire and take the others with him.


15 posted on 12/09/2015 7:33:59 PM PST by Calpublican (Ryan = Boehner minus spray tan and alcohol dementia)
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Puerto Rico has been running a government Ponzi Scheme for decades.


16 posted on 12/09/2015 7:55:40 PM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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If you really want to know the extent of Puerto Rico’s indebtedness, read this:

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-11-25/puerto-rico-about-default-heres-your-complete-guide-island-debt-debacle


17 posted on 12/09/2015 8:04:26 PM PST by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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Bankruptcy
18 posted on 12/09/2015 8:15:54 PM PST by scooby321
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To: cll
Give Puerto Rico its independence and cut them loose. Its days of a coaling station for the U.S.Atlantic Fleet [NS Roosevelt Roads] and bombing and gunnery target [Viques Island] passed away many years ago and were closed. What else is PR good for? It is just a drain on the suffering U.S. taxpayer.
19 posted on 12/09/2015 8:44:33 PM PST by MasterGunner01 ( Barbara Daly Danko)
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T R E A S O N

http://www.usdebtclock.org

CONgre$$ should be in prison. Americans were not born to be debt slaves to ANY entity.

—That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.


20 posted on 12/09/2015 9:27:42 PM PST by PGalt
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