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THREAD: Puerto Rico needs a way out, not handouts. I'm not a hater, if you live in district by all means support my opponent's supply drive. But as Members of Congress we can do more than play politics with disaster. Hurricane Maria and earthquakes didn'thttps://qns.com/story/2020/01/13/flushing-congresswoman-launches-emergency-drive-to-bring-supplies-to-puerto-rico/ …
put P.R. into structural deficit. Tax policies created in Washington and predatory lending from Wall Street did. Companies like Goldman Sachs which Grace Meng proudly counts as a donor helped underwrite PR deeper into the hole. Natural diasters and an administration that has all
but ignored 3 million Americans has only made it worse. Congress can act to forgive the island's debt, seek a permanent waiver from the Jones Act for Puerto Rico, and allocate serious federal investment to rebuild the island's economy.
If any other state in the Union found itself in the same position as Puerto Rico we'd expect the federal government to marshall all its resources to aid its citizens and get it back on its feet. It should be no different for PR & it's what we should expect from our Congresspeople
And I'm not gonna lie, as someone who's worked in a Congressional office before, this reeks of election year optics unless it's followed up with meaningful action that addresses the real crisis my family back in Puerto Rico deals with on a daily basis. END
Puerto Rico should be our 51st.. state with equal rights like all others states... give Puerto Rico what they need... our help.
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