girlfreddy
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3·1 year agoUnfortunately the US gov’t has always seemed to enjoy taking federal tax dollars (except income tax, which Puerto Ricans do not pay) from Puerto Rico without having to spend money to provide services.
Six years ago it was hit hard by huricane Maria and last year, while still recovering from that, it was hit by Fiona.
Experts say the island’s economic crisis is rooted in twentieth-century legislation that encouraged Puerto Rico’s reliance on debt to fill federal funding gaps. It did this by giving bond investors higher returns and loosening borrowing limits. Since 1917, lenders to Puerto Rico have been exempt from local, state, and federal taxes—the so-called triple tax exemption—effectively boosting their profits and making the island a more attractive investment. The territory’s constitution also allows Puerto Rico to balance its budget with its debt, among other provisions that facilitate borrowing.
The debt problem accelerated after 1996, when the U.S. government began phasing out Internal Revenue Code Section 936. This provision had allowed American businesses to operate tax-free in Puerto Rico, which critics viewed as a windfall for wealthy corporations. Section 936’s repeal triggered a deterioration of Puerto Rico’s manufacturing sector, and the territorial government increasingly turned to debt to cover its spending.
Which describes almost every politician and political party on the earth rn.
And that fucking sucks for us.
… quite scary … pipeline to transition … dysphoria often desists …
You worked really hard to throw every catch phrase possible into that.
It’s telling that the first one is you’re scared … which is a poor motivator because it means you make important decisions based on falsehoods and fear-mongering.
Stop it.
Political parties pandering to far-right, murderous Christians who mistakenly believe they’re vastly different from any other murderous religious extremists.
Hint: they are not.
Too bad Alex Jones can’t be sued for screaming this from the rooftops, leading to every gd nutcase jumping on the bandwagon.
Xitter has never been, and never will be, considered verifiable proof.
Care to try again, or just call it a day?
ACA(Murderous)B and fuck state officials that back them no matter what.
They can all burn in hell.
Well ofc since Hamas was elected since Hamas is the ruling party now.
I thought that would be self-evident.
I’m sure you could look up the statistics somewhere.
No independent body can operate freely in Gaza, it’s under Hamas control.
Kind of like no independent journalists can investigate in Gaza about Israeli-built tunnels under a hospital under IDF control, right?
This is one of the few both-sides arguments that can be legitimately made.
Never mind the fact that Palestinians haven’t had an election in Gaza in almost 20 years and a number of elected officials are in Israeli jails.
Israel’s Iron Dome takes care of the vast majority of Hamas rockets, as almost every report out of Israel can verify.
Got any verifiable proof of that?
Confirming numbers comes from actually checking them.
Pedanticism isn’t a good look.
Said I told you so without saying I told you so.
Not sure which one is referenced, but here’s a list from google scholar.
The ordinance states that the community “has the right to establish and preserve contemporary community standards.”
I have to wonder if the “community” (and I use that term loosely) enacted pro-abortion rules/laws in '73 when Roe was passed so, you know, they kept up with contemporary standards.
Honest to gawd I read that as “foreskin” and did a double-take.
Obviously I haven’t had enough caffeine today.
Then it’s time to fire all Shawnee Mission East’s administrators.