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re: Trump tweets about FEMA leaving Puerto Rico
Posted on 10/12/17 at 8:14 am to tigerinDC09
Posted on 10/12/17 at 8:14 am to tigerinDC09
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This is like a best man at a wedding saying that most marriages end in divorce
my tax dollars don't pay for someone's wedding. try an analogy that actually, well, analogizes.
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Posted on 10/12/17 at 8:14 am to Homesick Tiger
quote:So California is now a far higher priority, by your standards, than Lousiana. Just want to put that on the record.
Well, those people pay federal income taxes and PRs don't so I can't help you in the department of "who deserves to be taken care of first" - if we're having to rank priorities here.
Posted on 10/12/17 at 8:15 am to Decatur
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Why is Trump treating PR differently than other disaster impacted areas?
Because he's been criticized for the slow federal response to PR. The mayor of San Juan constantly calling him out on TV doesn't help. Trump's MO is to go on the attack whenever he is attacked. The fact that he is absolutely no shame, coupled with his inability to express basic human compassion make it easy for him. The decent, honest conservatives don't call him out on it is disgusting.
The debt thing is his cover. He just wants to punish PR for the way he's been attacked.
Posted on 10/12/17 at 8:15 am to tigerinDC09
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South Florida?
Yep. And North Florida and Central Florida.
FEMA didn't stay forever. They gone.
Posted on 10/12/17 at 8:15 am to Decatur
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From what I can tell is asking to be treated equally as everyone else
quote:Compounded by decades of corrupt Democratic leadership.
Their situation seems more serious though.
Posted on 10/12/17 at 8:17 am to tigerinDC09
Posted on 10/12/17 at 8:17 am to Homesick Tiger
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Well, those people pay federal income taxes and PRs don't so I can't help you in the department of "who deserves to be taken care of first" - if we're having to rank priorities here.
Fed gov has the same obligations to PR for disaster recovery as it does any state. There's no curve applied based on anyone's financial condition.
Posted on 10/12/17 at 8:18 am to buckeye_vol
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So California is now a far higher priority, by your standards, than Lousiana. Just want to put that on the record.
Comprehension is not your forte I see. Both CA and LA residents pay federal income taxes. PRs don't. Why is that if they expect the same treatment as states that do?
Posted on 10/12/17 at 8:20 am to The Spleen
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The debt thing is his cover. He just wants to punish PR for the way he's been attacked.
He was emphasizing their debt from the beginning though before anyone had a chance to criticize.
What does Trump have against PR? Did he lose out on a hotel there once or something?
Posted on 10/12/17 at 8:24 am to tigerinDC09
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It's true.
And yet his supporters will now treat it as gospel.
How DARE we admire someone speaking the truth.
Posted on 10/12/17 at 8:24 am to ladyluckUGA
quote:So did you watch Forrest Gump and say, "life can't be like a box of chocolates because a box of chocolates can't be alive?"
my tax dollars don't pay for someone's wedding. try an analogy that actually, well, analogizes.
This post was edited on 10/12/17 at 8:25 am
Posted on 10/12/17 at 8:25 am to Decatur
quote:Because the Dems ran that shithole into default, of course Barack the Benevolent wouldn't talk about it.
He was emphasizing their debt from the beginning though before anyone had a chance to criticize.
quote:LINK
Simply put, the bankrupt island can’t pay everything it owes, so creditors are taking aim at each other as they squabble over who will get what’s left. But the debt’s size and the tangled process invented to rescue Puerto Rico mean there’s no established rule book to shape what comes next. Holders of general-obligation debt have declared their right to be paid first, owners of sales-tax bonds are squabbling with one another over who deserves priority, and they’re all up against the commonwealth’s leaders, who want the cash for essential services. Amid this melee, Puerto Rico’s federal overseers will have to choose between paying U.S. hedge funds everything they’re owed or keeping schools, water and electricity running. “There just isn’t enough money,” said Matt Fabian, a partner with Municipal Market Analytics Inc. in Concord, Massachusetts, who foresees a chaotic brew of lawsuits, federal interventions and politics. “Nobody has any idea what’s going to happen.”
Posted on 10/12/17 at 8:26 am to tigerinDC09
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So you suggest that they aren't already do so?
It's not a suggestion...its a reality
Posted on 10/12/17 at 8:30 am to buckeye_vol
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So California is now a far higher priority, by your standards, than Lousiana. Just want to put that on the record
Well first, of course it is, that's how our representative republic works.
Second, he said they don't pay, not they don't pay as much, so your point isn't valid.
Posted on 10/12/17 at 8:30 am to Homesick Tiger
quote:But California gives more than it recieves back, and Lousiana recieves more than it gives.
Comprehension is not your forte I see. Both CA and LA residents pay federal income taxes. PRs don't. Why is that if they expect the same treatment as states that do?
So if we're prioritizing based on income taxes when it is to your advantage, why are you unwilling to prioritize based on income taxes when it is to your disadvantage?
Posted on 10/12/17 at 8:30 am to Decatur
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Why is Trump treating PR differently than other disaster impacted areas? He's always talking about their debt. Haven't heard him mention anyone else's debt.
Because Puerto Rican's don't pay Federal Income Tax.
Us other taxpayers shouldn't have to bail them out!
Posted on 10/12/17 at 8:33 am to Loserman
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Because Puerto Rican's don't pay Federal Income Tax.
They pay taxes to the Fed Gov. Also, the Federal employees there pay income tax.
Posted on 10/12/17 at 8:34 am to tigerinDC09
How long have we been in Afghanistan now? 15-16 years?
Puerto Rico, it's been 3 months, cya
Puerto Rico, it's been 3 months, cya
Posted on 10/12/17 at 8:34 am to Turbeauxdog
quote:So if I give a $1 but receive $100 in return, I'm automatically prioritized over a person who gives $0 but recieves $0 in return solely because I gave a $1 first? And I'm also given same priority as a person who gives $100 but recieves $1 in return?
Well first, of course it is, that's how our representative republic works.
Second, he said they don't pay, not they don't pay as much, so your point isn't valid.
This post was edited on 10/12/17 at 8:39 am
Posted on 10/12/17 at 8:35 am to buckeye_vol
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So if we're prioritizing based on income taxes when it is to your advantage, why are you unwilling to prioritize based on income taxes when it is to your disadvantage?
He didn't say we're prioritizing based on relative measures, but absolute measures. Stop trying to make that failing point.
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