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imanamerican63

(13,812 posts) Thu Jul 26, 2018, 08:32 AM Jul 2018

Where is the 12 billion dollar bailout for Puerto Rico?

Or for the fire victims of California and other homeowners who lost everything is the wild fires?

Let me correct myself! Is should "not" be a bailout, it is called helping those in need of assistance to put their lives back together!

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Where is the 12 billion dollar bailout for Puerto Rico? (Original Post) imanamerican63 Jul 2018 OP

wrong color Afromania Jul 2018 #1

And they're not Harker Jul 2018 #7

we can hope for all the displace Puerto Ricans to register to vote in their new places of residence beachbum bob Jul 2018 #2

+1000. n/t. whathehell Jul 2018 #3

GREAT question. Squinch Jul 2018 #4

Dump won't give money to people he can't get votes from. Crunchy Frog Jul 2018 #5

In PR they just don't grow enough subsidized crops. BSdetect Jul 2018 #6

Make it 11.5 for Puerto Rico CanonRay Jul 2018 #8

Puerto Rico says to receive $16 billion in federal disaster aid oberliner Jul 2018 #9

that's good NewJeffCT Jul 2018 #11

their votes don't count NewJeffCT Jul 2018 #10

because they aren't a corporation... Javaman Jul 2018 #12

I thought they got all the paper towels they needed. n/t Calista241 Jul 2018 #13

Excellent Point. zentrum Jul 2018 #14

Housing and Urban Development is granting $18.5 billion to the Puerto Rico hurricane recovery effort oberliner Jul 2018 #15

Where is it? Scarsdale Jul 2018 #16

Afromania

(2,771 posts)

1. wrong color

Reply to imanamerican63 (Original post)

Thu Jul 26, 2018, 08:42 AM

Jul 2018

Harker

(14,034 posts)

7. And they're not

Reply to Afromania (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 26, 2018, 09:52 AM

Jul 2018

"real" Americans.

beachbum bob

(10,437 posts)

2. we can hope for all the displace Puerto Ricans to register to vote in their new places of residence

Reply to imanamerican63 (Original post)

Thu Jul 26, 2018, 08:45 AM

Jul 2018

like florida, texas, georgia, and other states and all come out to vote democratic in November. Imagine the difference of 100,000 votes by these people will make in races in those states?

whathehell

(29,090 posts)

3. +1000. n/t.

Reply to beachbum bob (Reply #2)

Thu Jul 26, 2018, 09:08 AM

Jul 2018

Squinch

(51,004 posts)

4. GREAT question.

Reply to imanamerican63 (Original post)

Thu Jul 26, 2018, 09:19 AM

Jul 2018

Crunchy Frog

(26,630 posts)

5. Dump won't give money to people he can't get votes from.

Reply to imanamerican63 (Original post)

Thu Jul 26, 2018, 09:27 AM

Jul 2018

BSdetect

(8,999 posts)

6. In PR they just don't grow enough subsidized crops.

Reply to imanamerican63 (Original post)

Thu Jul 26, 2018, 09:28 AM

Jul 2018

CanonRay

(14,113 posts)

8. Make it 11.5 for Puerto Rico

Reply to imanamerican63 (Original post)

Thu Jul 26, 2018, 10:04 AM

Jul 2018

and fix Flint's water!

oberliner

(58,724 posts)

9. Puerto Rico says to receive $16 billion in federal disaster aid

Reply to imanamerican63 (Original post)

Thu Jul 26, 2018, 10:05 AM

Jul 2018

(Reuters) - Puerto Rico said on Friday it will receive $16 billion in federal aid under a disaster recovery package signed on Friday by U.S. President Donald Trump.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-puertorico-storm-aid/puerto-rico-says-to-receive-16-billion-in-federal-disaster-aid-idUSKBN1FU00V

NewJeffCT

(56,829 posts)

11. that's good

Reply to oberliner (Reply #9)

Thu Jul 26, 2018, 10:18 AM

Jul 2018

now, let's see if Trump actually distributes the money, or if he uses it for locking up more kids at the border or paying for his wall.

NewJeffCT

(56,829 posts)

10. their votes don't count

Reply to imanamerican63 (Original post)

Thu Jul 26, 2018, 10:17 AM

Jul 2018

in elections for US House, Senate or President.

Javaman

(62,534 posts)

12. because they aren't a corporation...

Reply to imanamerican63 (Original post)

Thu Jul 26, 2018, 10:34 AM

Jul 2018

97% of the food grown in this nation is by corporations.

the repukes like to trout out the "little guy" farmer as struggling (most of them are) but the real winner here is cargil, agra-corp and the like.

most of the small "little guy" farmers probably won't see a dime of this money.

the 12 bil is nothing but corporate welfare

Calista241

(5,586 posts)

13. I thought they got all the paper towels they needed. n/t

Reply to imanamerican63 (Original post)

Thu Jul 26, 2018, 10:43 AM

Jul 2018

zentrum

(9,865 posts)

14. Excellent Point.

Reply to imanamerican63 (Original post)

Thu Jul 26, 2018, 11:02 AM

Jul 2018

Racism is at the root of this.

oberliner

(58,724 posts)

15. Housing and Urban Development is granting $18.5 billion to the Puerto Rico hurricane recovery effort

Reply to imanamerican63 (Original post)

Thu Jul 26, 2018, 11:08 AM

Jul 2018

The Department of Housing and Urban Development is granting $18.5 billion to the Puerto Rico hurricane recovery effort. It's the largest disaster recovery grant the agency has ever given.

https://www.npr.org/2018/04/11/601419959/hud-announces-billions-in-additional-grants-to-puerto-rico

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)

16. Where is it?

Reply to imanamerican63 (Original post)

Thu Jul 26, 2018, 11:35 AM

Jul 2018

probably in the same place the funds are that cannot be found to help citizens get universal healthcare. Stangegly, the money appeared for all those large air conditioned tents, the private prisons etc. for the immigrants. To pay for the farmer's bailout, we will be paying higher taxes and property taxes. tRump screws things up, increases the deficit and yet they find Billions to pay for his screwups. When will the deplorable open their eyes???

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