Yes it is. But they are fiscally irresponsible and shouldn’t bail them out

No; but I believe that, technically, Puerto Rico is not
foreign. Is it not a U.S. territory?

exactly. as a country, we arent doing so well that we can afford to "help" others who choose to live in areas subject to big time attacks from mother nature.

Kind of proves that "Altruism" is harmful...you can't help others until you, yourself do not need help;..all your important needs have been met...just like every cell in your body and likewise, that community of cells we call:...You!

I dont think we should be sending foreign aid and going into debt to do it. We have problems right here to work on.

Why don't we send in Geraldo!

A-Yep! as they say in New Hampshire...in CT we just hum out emhm...

In PR it's out with the bad, in with the badder. They don't seem to have any reformers there, or if they do, they seem prone to dying young.

Ain't it, though?

Corruption is their nature, the natural outcome.
(Not just talking about PR politicians)

One must First ask: Are they all aware of this?; and do they have the where with all, to do something about it for a change?

Strikingly similar to withholding taxes in the USA.

This is not a new situation in PR. It has been going on for many years. It doesn't matter who is in power, the corruption is so deep and so common that the people are actually used to it. They expect it. Which it is why stealing the charity of the USA is such an easy and expected thing. The only way to donate to this beautiful land so that the people who need it, actually get it, is to guard it with weapons from the time it comes ashore until it is actually used. Otherwise only a fraction of the donation will make it to its destination. If at all.

Will the people of PR vote them out? They have a choice.

New T-Shirts:

People are Dying
Because Democrats are in charge!

not the first time the US government has delivered goods some place only to have the corrupt take it

I'd vote for that and then...Defund them and let them dig their own graves...

I would say that The “wannabe” US state is on the way to being a Banana Republic, if it was not already one. I propose the new state be called East California.

They sure did...

They are as bad or worse than our DC Dumbocraps, for both stupidity, lies and cheating, and then blaming someone else. We can thank the Clinton's for all this, they refined the technique to an art.

Me dino has many times before described such puffed-up over themselves parasites as our more than equal elite betters portrayed in George Orwell's Animal Farm as pigs.
If this would be a step apart from the DC swamp, the Clinton Foundation Crime Cartel tops the list as the glittering capstone of American corruption.
As for Puerto Rico, its piggish leadership to the point of criminality that turns such places into s***holes.

Typical when the state is too powerful- as it is now in the US. Those in power feel they are better than the people, just like all monarchs, war-lords, and other bullies from the beginning of time. Power corrupts. ALWAYS. No exceptions.

Or years in some cases...this is Not an example of man's inhumanity to man, it's humanoid's inhumanity to humans.

Remember, all those islands at one time were cannibalistic when Columbus ventured through...seems they never evolved beyond that point.

They obviously don't have a conscience, rules for radicals or not, I can't imagine anyone doing that.
I don't care what anyone says, what excuses they make for their behavior...they just plain ain't human.

Remember, this was the same place where a whining Mayor accused Trump of screwing PR, then they kept complaining that their broken, piece of crap island was trashed by the hurricane and we have to bail them out, when in fact they have systematically looted the islands economy to the point it is an empty husk. Now, they complained continually about the US not helping them and oooopppsss...we had all the goodies stashed in a huge warehouse, said FEDs had to break into. This is criminal, as well as any deaths associated with a lack of electricity (and people who need electricity for medical need have died there, that was one of the complaints), they should be charged with conspiracy and murder. This is pure BS.

"This encounter reportedly occurred as around 50 percent of Puerto Ricans still remained without electricity."

then

"Now fast forward to Wednesday, when power finally began to flow in the Academia Bautista de Puerto Nuevo in San Juan, spurring cries of joy from teachers and students alike." and " The Washington Examiner further notes that by Wednesday, “83 percent of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority customers (had) power.”" Essentially a 25% increase in power connections in days? When it has been months?