> On Feb 1, 2016, at 6:56 AM, Phil Pugliese (via tml list) <xxxxxx@simplelists.com> wrote:
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> Just look at Puerto Rico right now. Practically bankrupt & they probably would be except that the territory isn't allowed to

Google “Jones Act” <http://www.pbs.org/newshour/making-sense/jones-act-holding-puerto-rico-back-debt-crisis/>

If PR was a state or an independent country, they’d be much better off.

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Bruce Johnson
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