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Re:Without Power, Puerto Rico Is Cash Only by bobthepanda on Saturday September 30, 2017 @06:45PM (#15375372)
PR is no stranger to mass exodus (the previous waves to New York are evidence of this). In fact the pre-hurricane problems largely stem from the results of the past exoduses.

Solving the problem requires repealing all the laws that yoke PR to mainland companies without providing any of the actual benefits, but that would require the current Congress to want to give PR something like statehood, if not statehood itself.

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Re:Without Power, Puerto Rico Is Cash Only by memracom on Sunday October 01, 2017 @12:54AM (#15376460)
If they cannot justify statehood then annex it to Florida.
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Re:Without Power, Puerto Rico Is Cash Only by drxzcl on Sunday October 01, 2017 @04:32AM (#15376930)
No republican is going to add a few million safely Democratic votes to Florida. Unfortunately that’s the kind of world we live in.
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Re:Without Power, Puerto Rico Is Cash Only by jcadam on Sunday October 01, 2017 @03:50PM (#15379451)
Solution: Divide Florida into two states (North and South). Give Puerto Rico to South Florida. Puerto Rico has much more in common (culturally) with South Florida anyway.

North Florida is heavily republican, South Florida is heavily democrat.

Status Quo is maintained.

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Re:Without Power, Puerto Rico Is Cash Only by thekevan on Monday October 02, 2017 @02:02AM (#15381978)
Newt Ginrich has for years said it should be the people of PR who have the referendum and decide. While he was Speaker, he pushed a bill that allowed a referendum to be called for.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/01/mitt-romney-new...

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Re:Without Power, Puerto Rico Is Cash Only by briandear on Sunday October 01, 2017 @04:56AM (#15376968)
Simply repeal the Jones Act.
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Re:Without Power, Puerto Rico Is Cash Only by djKianoosh on Sunday October 01, 2017 @08:20AM (#15377509)
thats not so simple. I have a feeling wall st and congress dont want that to happen... but im no expert
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Re:Without Power, Puerto Rico Is Cash Only by bskap on Sunday October 01, 2017 @01:55PM (#15378925)
Wall St. would love to be able to sell stuff to Puerto Rico with less overhead. It's just the US shipping companies and sailors that really like having a monopoly on trade with Puerto Rico. (There are other things about Puerto Rico's lack of statehood that Wall St likes a lot, but the Jones Act isn't one of them)
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Re:Without Power, Puerto Rico Is Cash Only by djKianoosh on Sunday October 01, 2017 @03:01PM (#15379255)
sounds like you are well versed here. would love to read more about it. please share if you have sources. it's hard to find good analysis of PR that isnt blatantly political.
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Re:Without Power, Puerto Rico Is Cash Only by javiramos on Sunday October 01, 2017 @07:31PM (#15380534)
Some good sources of information:

- Report on the Competitiveness of Puerto Rico's Economy [1] - An Update on the Competitiveness of Puerto Rico's Economy [2] - Characteristics of the Island's Maritime Trade and Potential Effects of Modifying the Jones Act [3] - Shipping Co.: Maritime Cabotage Complicates Logistics and Adds Costs [4]

[1] https://www.newyorkfed.org/medialibrary/media/regional/Puert... [2] https://www.newyorkfed.org/medialibrary/media/outreach-and-e... [3] http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-13-260 [4] http://reports.weforum.org/global-enabling-trade-2013/view/s...

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