'Get Us Out Of Here': Amid Broken Infrastructure, Puerto Ricans Flee To Florida

Puerto Rico is an unincorporated territory of the United States classified as a commonwealth. It is not a country.

"The country was heavy in debt " in what alternate reality and using what facts is that statement anything else but ignorant?
The country in question is the United States. When we are helping PR we are helping ourselves.

Capt Dwayne Conyers
You are correct, I used the wrong verbiage

1stSgt Nelson Kerr
I swear you have to be one of the dimmest bulbs there is. Please read all of my post and process it. When New Orleans was hit by Katrina, the Federal government helped with low cost loans, etc but did not pay for all the damage. A lot of it was covered by insurance and the State helped out as well. Numerous other places have experienced the same issues. In almost every case, the Federal government did not pay for the bulk of the recovery. In Puerto Rico's case, they largely do not contribute to the U.S. budget. Puerto Rico has consistently turned down Statehood and opted to manage their own economy through taxing their citizens and loans. Prior to hurricane Maria, the economic stability of Puerto Rico was considered a major crisis.
At this time, their economy and Island is in shambles. Considering the new debt would be approx 40 Billion since the Puerto Rican government is essentially broke and it is unlikely that insurance will cover most of it; the old debt is another 70 billion; where do you think that 110 Billion is going to come from? Even if it is just the 40 Billion leaving the Island still broke and no better than before the hurricane, where is that money going to come from? That is still more than the yearly budget for 35 States.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_budgets
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rican_government-debt_crisis
If you had ever been to Puerto Rico, you would understand my post better and you wouldn't be generating fake outrage. The Island has a lot of beautiful areas and the people are wonderful, the main issue is the infrastructure is similar to that found in 3rd world Carribean nations.

We want (and need) Trump to be successful — just like passengers need their pilot to be successful. But if the pilot is flying off course, should you want us to keep silent?

Capt Dwayne Conyers - Do we toss him out of the cockpit and take over? That depends. Do you know how to fly an airliner? What makes you think it's off course? Do you have credible evidence or are you merely being excited by that clown in the seat next to you who has a fear of flying and is screaming "We're doomed!"? That's the problem. We have lots of people screaming "We're doomed!" but every time I try to see what they're seeing, I only see hate and petulance. I hear misinformation, propaganda, false narratives. I don't know if you're old enough to remember President Reagan's Administration but there were many similarities to what is going on today. Many referred to Reagan as a "Cowboy" who was going to get us into war. When the Libyans bombed a German nightclub and killed a bunch of American service members, Reagan sent the bombers to all of Qaddafi's haunts, and many Americans thought for sure there would be reprisals. There weren't. When Reagan said we were at war with the "Evil Empire", many Americans ducked for cover fearing that the bombs would start falling any moment. The only thing that fell was the Soviet Union. I want the world to have a healthy fear or respect of US. Appeasement, such as President Obama pursued, only emboldened our enemies. We need Trump after Obama just as we need Reagan after Carter. Thus far, Trump is doing pretty much the job I voted for. No, he's no Reagan. Reagan had a wit and wisdom that disarmed people, even his political enemies. Remember the outpouring of affection when Reagan died, with crowds lining his funeral route. Do you think that will happen for Presidents Carter, Clinton, Bush, or Obama? Not bloody likely. Will Trump reach that popularity? Not bloody likely, but that's not what I'm looking for, not at this time.

CPT Jack Durish, RWR was my first vote cast as a young teen and I wrote a video to train him on properly encrypting his phone calls. I was young and politically inexperienced but had confidence in RWR’s swagger.

DJT’s “swagger” — which many of us with New York roots are well too familiar with — does not come close to Reagan’s.