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Hammy
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« on: August 28, 2018, 05:21:31 PM »
https://www.wsj.com/articles/puerto-ricos-hurricane-maria-death-toll-now-estimated-at-nearly-3-000-1535475600

Which, while Trump made the claim that it "wasn't as bad" as Katrina to justify his almost nonexistent response, turns out it's twice as high.
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« Reply #1 on: August 28, 2018, 05:23:39 PM »
Maybe he was counting by the three-fifths rule.
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« Reply #2 on: August 28, 2018, 07:00:56 PM »
We're approaching one year since the storm happened, and I don't think it's emphasized enough how much Trump's administration neglected the protectorate. It's sickening how he keeps getting away without consequences for all the harm he does. Hopefully that will change in November.
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« Reply #3 on: August 28, 2018, 07:24:24 PM »
Quote from: Progressive Pessimist on August 28, 2018, 07:00:56 PM
We're approaching one year since the storm happened, and I don't think it's emphasized enough how much Trump's administration neglected the protectorate. It's sickening how he keeps getting away without consequences for all the harm he does. Hopefully that will change in November.

Yep. 70 days.
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« Reply #4 on: August 28, 2018, 07:33:59 PM »
Quote from: Progressive Pessimist on August 28, 2018, 07:00:56 PM
We're approaching one year since the storm happened, and I don't think it's emphasized enough how much Trump's administration neglected the protectorate. It's sickening how he keeps getting away without consequences for all the harm he does. Hopefully that will change in November.
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« Reply #5 on: August 28, 2018, 09:11:07 PM »
The Trump Administration deliberately misled the American people regarding how many US citizens died in our territory of Puerto Rico. That's what happened. And there will be no public accountability for these actions.
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« Reply #6 on: August 29, 2018, 08:59:02 AM »
Puerto Rico needs to be made a state post haste so that people can't get away with ignoring it. Or at least not as easily.
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« Reply #7 on: August 29, 2018, 09:07:42 AM »
Quote from: Figs on August 29, 2018, 08:59:02 AM
Puerto Rico needs to be made a state post haste so that people can't get away with ignoring it. Or at least not as easily.

Not to mention it's become basically 8 tax Haven for pharmaceutical manufacturing companies.
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« Reply #8 on: August 29, 2018, 12:49:05 PM »
Quote from: Badger on August 29, 2018, 09:07:42 AM
Quote from: Figs on August 29, 2018, 08:59:02 AM
Puerto Rico needs to be made a state post haste so that people can't get away with ignoring it. Or at least not as easily.

Not to mention it's become basically 8 tax Haven for pharmaceutical manufacturing companies.

Yep, and they pay sh**t wages too.
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« Reply #9 on: August 29, 2018, 03:51:00 PM »
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« Reply #10 on: August 29, 2018, 06:28:13 PM »
Bush paid the price for Katrina in 2006 and 2008, and social media wasn't quite as ubiquitous back then as it is today.

These days, Trump should be paying, at minimum, a 2006-level price for this at the polls.
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