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Re: Titofan and his country have been hit very, very hard: waiting to hear from him!
Isn't Puerto Rico an American territory? Does that make Puerto Ricans US citizens?
I certainly haven't seen wall to wall media coverage, like when Florida was hit. Nor have I heard much concern or help coming from the American authorities.
Or have I got that wrong?
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Re: Titofan and his country have been hit very, very hard: waiting to hear from him!
Bang on the money there X. Trump is much more bothered by the mainland storms.
Re: Titofan and his country have been hit very, very hard: waiting to hear from him!
Yeah and that's POSSIBLY.....PROBABLY why the President said thisOriginally Posted by X
Isn't Puerto Rico an American territory? Does that make Puerto Ricans US citizens?
I certainly haven't seen wall to wall media coverage, like when Florida was hit. Nor have I heard much concern or help coming from the American authorities.
Or have I got that wrong?
TWEET FROM THE GOVERNOR OF PUERTO RICO
But ya know...NARRATIVE
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Re: Titofan and his country have been hit very, very hard: waiting to hear from him!
Maybe it's our media then, I just haven't heard much at all about PR
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Re: Titofan and his country have been hit very, very hard: waiting to hear from him!
Oh it most certainly ain't just YOUR media.....it's the American media too. How very coincidental that they are both so willing and eager to carry the same narrative eh
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My good buddy is Puerto Rican. He can't get in touch with his daughter and is freaking out. We also have a lot of other Rican's at work who are in the same boat. My buddies father went down with the Red Cross to help out and found some of his family in shelters. It's sad, these guys are really fucked up over it understandibly. My buddy wants to fly over when regular travel is restored. I might lend him money for airfare. I feel terrible for all these guys. I work in a large building with a1,000 people but my dept is small and we are quite close. My company is also collecting donations which they will match to help all. Actually for all three hurricanes but I'm having trouble finding who to give the money to.!
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Re: Titofan and his country have been hit very, very hard: waiting to hear from him!
After World War I, America was worried about German U-boats, which had sunk nearly 5,000 ships during the war. Congress enacted the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, a.k.a. the Jones Act, to ensure that the country maintained a shipbuilding industry and seafaring labor force. Section 27 of this law decreed that only American ships could carry goods and passengers from one United States port to another. In addition, every ship must be built, crewed and owned by American citizens.
Almost a century later, there are no U-boats lurking off the coast of Puerto Rico. The Jones Act has outlived its original intent, yet it is strangling the island’s economy.
The foreign vessel has one other option: It can reroute to Jacksonville, Fla., where all the goods will be transferred to an American vessel, then shipped to Puerto Rico where — again — all the rerouting costs are passed through to the consumer.
Thanks to the law, the price of goods from the United States mainland is at least double that in neighboring islands, including the United States Virgin Islands, which are not covered by the Jones Act. Moreover, the cost of living in Puerto Rico is 13 percent higher than in 325 urban areas elsewhere in the United States, even though per capita income in Puerto Rico is about $18,000, close to half that of Mississippi, the poorest of all states.
This is a shakedown, a mob protection racket, with Puerto Rico a captive market. The island is the fifth-largest market in the world for American products, and there are more Walmarts and Walgreens per square mile in Puerto Rico than anywhere else on the planet.
A 2012 report by two University of Puerto Rico economists found that the Jones Act caused a $17 billion loss to the island’s economy from 1990 through 2010. Other studies have estimated the Jones Act’s damage to Puerto Rico, Hawaii and Alaska to be $2.8 billion to $9.8 billion per year. According to all these reports, if the Jones Act did not exist, then neither would the public debt of Puerto Rico...................
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/25/o...t.html?mcubz=0
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he was hesitant to lift the Jones Act in order to aid Puerto Rico following a devastating hurricane on the island because of “a lot of people that work in the shipping industry that don’t want the Jones Act lifted.”
“On Puerto Rico, Mr. President, why not lift the Jones Act like you did in Texas and Florida?” a reporter asked as Trump made his way to Marine One.
“Well, we’re thinking about that,” he responded. “But we have a lot of shippers, and a lot of people — a lot of people that work in the shipping industry that don’t want the Jones Act lifted. And we have a lot of ships out there right now.”
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewir...nes-act-waiver
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Re: Titofan and his country have been hit very, very hard: waiting to hear from him!
You're correct as we've collectively our glorious leader included, been quite busy with pressing issues like standing or sitting for an anthem we all rush and wish was over before we get to a big fight.
These are American citizens and we have failed to be prompt and sincere in our response. "It's an island in the middle of a big big ocean" ffs. Also many of us are on Facebook so any chance of friends of friends etc being in touch with Tito?
Re: Titofan and his country have been hit very, very hard: waiting to hear from him!
The entire island is without power. It's going to be a while before we hear from him. I'm sure once things settle down and a little normalcy returns he'll find his way back here. I mean he has to, who else is going to take me to task on the Second Amendment and demand I defend my views?You're correct as we've collectively our glorious leader included, been quite busy with pressing issues like standing or sitting for an anthem we all rush and wish was over before we get to a big fight.
These are American citizens and we have failed to be prompt and sincere in our response. "It's an island in the middle of a big big ocean" ffs
I'mnot sso much worried for Tito as I'm concerned about his family. I don't know if any of them have medical issues like diabetes where they have to take insulin and store insulin in a refrigerated area but it's stuff like that which is now extremely difficult to deal with.
The USNS Comfort is on the way down to PR which should be helpful. Took a while to mobilize but hey that's a big steam powered ship with a lot of people and equipment it's not like it could just be cranked up and move out. That vessel will help provide clean drinking water as well.
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As I said when I started this thread over a week ago now the entire Island has a Almost 100%freshwater or let's say potable water problem and people will die within 7 days if they cannot drink water. A human being can make it 30 days on only water but only about seven days without any water. I do fear that a mass calamity is underway
Tito fan battened down his hatches and it's hunkering down now trying to Ride This Out
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