Trump to forgive all of Puerto Rico's debt??? (can he even do that?)

[Virginiá]

And can he even do that?

http://money.cnn.com/2017/09/27/investing/puerto-rico-debt-who-owns-trump/index.html

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[Virginiá]

You know, right now might be a good time to talk about statehood imo. From a Republican perspective, helping settle their debt and rebuilding the island and granting statehood could give them a lot of sway over the new state constitution and the way it will be governed. Obviously as a Democrat that bothers me, but getting PR built back up and made a state would be best for them. Republicans would also get a lot of credit for making that happen. It could change their political fortunes there, at least a little.

Seriously, millions of people, no, Americans live there and the island is in ruins. Not only are they suffering immensely now, but they were before! It's completely insane and flat out insulting that we spend so much money to rebuild foreign countries, but we can't even do the same for a territory of ours with millions of people. If we expect Puerto Rico to fix their problems, we should at least stop tying their hands behind their back and give them the full benefits of a state, which includes representation in the federal government, so they can have a say in how their affairs are treated in Congress.