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einsteinboricua wrote:Tell me something I don't know. Having been born and raised there, this was the daily bread and it still is.
stratosphere wrote:Funny how CNN and liberals in general loves to go to Puerto Rico and try to make it appear like our government doesn't care about Puerto Ricans and tries to show that there is little progress there and that Trump doesn't care about them. I knew all along that corruption runs deep there and they were a mess well before any hurricane came along. My buddy is a lineman getting ready to deploy there he sent me this.
https://theintercept.com/2018/01/10/pue ... 1#comments
mbmbos wrote:I find it interesting that a strong current of thought among Republicans is to find excuses not to share or show compassion to others.
mbmbos wrote:So what is the point of posting this? To justify not providing relief for hundreds of thousands of American citizens who have seen their island virtually leveled by a hurricane? Their government leaders are corrupt, therefore they don't deserve assistance?
WarRI1 wrote:Well one outcome of the lagging repair of the infrastructure of Puerto Rico is a national shortage of intravenous bags for medical care. Seems the eggs were all put in one basket as usual and now we the mighty US cannot supply the healthcare facilities. They are using Gatorade and straws to keep patients hydrated especially from this Flu outbreak.
Mir wrote:So there's got to be something else at play here, something that's true about Puerto Rico but not true about other areas of the US struck by hurricanes this year. Hmm...I wonder what it could be...