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re: Is Puerto Rico using the hurricane to apply pressure on congress to bail them out?
Posted on 10/5/17 at 9:09 am to magildachunks
Posted on 10/5/17 at 9:09 am to magildachunks
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This was shoved into a bill in the 80's by Strom Thurman and nobody can figure out why he did it.
Because no one would agree to loan them money otherwise, lots of folks knew and know why, sorry it is a mystery to you.
One could argue it screwed them over long term and allowed them to build this mountain of debt however it granted them access to the capitol, it did not force them to take it.
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Posted on 10/5/17 at 9:13 am to cave canem
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Because no one would agree to loan them money otherwise, lots of folks knew and know why, sorry it is a mystery to you. One could argue it screwed them over long term and allowed them to build this mountain of debt however it granted them access to the capitol, it did not force them to take it.
You got a link to that?
Because nobody else seems to know that either.
Posted on 10/5/17 at 9:14 am to goofball
They're practicing being a poor southern state before being admitted to the Union.
Posted on 10/5/17 at 2:07 pm to cave canem
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cave canem
Still waiting for your link
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