Tuesday, March 1, 2016

This is the first time in four years that we heard some intelligent words from AGP | Eradicate the mosquitoes (of all kinds, types and persuasions), instead of creating the breeding grounds for them, that's another solution. And another boost and significant savings for the island 's finances.

This is the first time in four years that we heard some intelligent words from AGP. It means that he is not completely hopeless "bag of stones hibaro" as some of his political opponents paint him. Or, even more believably, that he finally went to the "Walgreen's" (the ones that still are left), bought some wax sticks, cleaned up his ears and started to listen to some good advisers:  
He recalled that there were only 2015 584 murders, "the lowest amount in nearly 30 years" and similar declines in the incidence of other crimes Type I take this opportunity to thank the Police Superintendent Jose kettles, by advances in public safety. The same made by highlighting achievements in Justice, referring to the head of that agency, Cesar Miranda, and prior to Education Secretary Rafael Roman.
He criticized the lack of word and character, referring to the lack of support for his initiative proposed by legislators of the popular majority. Meanwhile, freed from pressures of a candidate in an election year, he favored the legalization of marijuana and asked the senator Miguel Pereira project is approved for possession of limited portions of the drug is decriminalized. On the opposition to these initiatives, he condemned "the hypocrisy of many sectors in the country" and called for a health approach to address the problem of drug addiction on the island." 

Marijuana legalization might be a blessing for Puerto Rico, an economic stimulus and catalyst  that could help to turn the things around, bring more taxes and help to renegotiate the bond payments. 

No free ride, cabrones! No 50% haircut! No one will give it to you. America is loving but not stupid and is stern when it has and should be. Pay what you borrowed, and with interest, just like any one else, no special treatment for your seductive Spanish eyes. But if you can generate some extra income, and that easily, and with all these potential effects; hey, why not? It would be even better if marijuana growth and sales become the local government monopoly, with quality controls. Puerto Rico could make a mark with its progressive, smart and efficient drug policies (including the comprehensive treatment programs - that's your medical tourism, the addition and adjunct to the regular one) and turn it from the huge problem plaguing the island into the solution for the Caribbeans and the Americas. This will be one of the steps in turning Puerto Rico into the Switzerland of the Caribbeans. 

As for Zika, no reason to carry the habitual image and the role of eternal victim, including of the circumstances, in the hope of more give-out pennies of public funds. Eradicate the mosquitoes (of all kinds, types and persuasions), instead of creating the breeding grounds for them, that's another solution. And another boost and significant savings for the island 's finances. 

M.N. 
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Steps for Fixing Puerto Rico’s Fiscal Problems by Grupo CNE
Tuesday March 1st, 2016 at 3:51 PM

CNE – Centro Para Una Nueva Economía – Center For A New Economy
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Friday, February 5, 2016

Puerto Rico Cries Wolf (Again) - WSJ | From Comments: USATHOUGHTS says: "What we consider corruption proves to be common practice in Spanish speaking Nations. Any Puerto Rico bailout can only result in the theft of American Tax Payer money." | Corrupt politicians in Puerto Rico and New York seemed joined at the hip in helping Puerto Rico to shed its obligations. | News Review: February - January 2016

Puerto Rico Cries Wolf (Again)

Published Thu, Feb 4, 2016  |  , Senior Correspondent
Puerto Rico Debt Crisis: More Trouble On the Way
The Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Alejandro Garcia Padilla, is crying wolf amid an ongoing – and deepening – debt crisis.
The island’s taxpayers are on the hook to pay back a whopping $49.2 billion in debt.
Actually, Puerto Rico has about $73 billion in debt – but a big slice of the debt pie belongs to its troubled utility company, as well as other government entities.
Thus, the island’s obligated bond payments continue to swell.
Puerto Rico's Debt Bills Are Coming Due: Island's Bond Payments Swell to a Combined $1.4 Billion on Dec. 1 and Jan. 1
Currently, around 36% of Puerto Rico’s revenue services its debt payments (versus 7% in the United States), but the island says it can’t afford to pay more than 15%.
In a meeting with lawmakers in Washington, Padilla said the island is in a “death spiral” and that “the U.S. faces a humanitarian crisis under its own flag if Congress does not act soon.”
Recently, Puerto Rico has been moving money from one pocket just to pay another, something Padilla blatantly admitted when he said that the government has “paid their creditors up to now with ‘fiscal gymnastics’ but we have no more tricks.”

From Comments: 
USATHOUGHTS says: "What we consider corruption proves to be common practice in Spanish speaking Nations. Any Puerto Rico bailout can only result in the theft of American Tax Payer money." 

Corrupt politicians in Puerto Rico and New York seemed joined at the hip in helping Puerto Rico to shed its obligations. 

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