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<blockquote data-quote="Robert High Hawk" data-source="post: 1107470" data-attributes="member: 12429">I wrote: &quot;I am NOT excusing Puerto Rican poor decision making, nor am I out to vicitimize them&quot;Not sure what else to say, but I'll make it perfectly clear:&nbsp; The problems Puerto Rico is experiencing are largely and mostly due to their own poor decision making.&nbsp; The government management of Puerto Rico is retarded, and the people who elected them to power are perhaps deliberately ignorant.You seem to be projecting some view point I simply don't have.&nbsp; Where did I say that Puerto Ricans don't deserve the govt or leaders they have now?&nbsp; Where did I say that they are victims?&nbsp; I said is there is a history of economic suppression by predatory regulations that have handicapped Puerto Rico's economic potential.&nbsp; If you disagree that that was never the case, and that Jones Act and forced high minimum wage have not adversely affected the economy and contributed to it's current state, please expand on that - and I mean that sincerely as I am curious to learn the different arguments on this topic. &quot;The cold hard fact is, people get the govt and leaders they deserve&quot;&nbsp; - too bad that was not applied in the first half of the last century where they people wanted independence.&nbsp; It's just strange that was not valid then, yet there's no productive and realistic discussion about what to do about the situation now.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Robert High Hawk, post: 1107470, member: 12429"] I wrote: "I am NOT excusing Puerto Rican poor decision making, nor am I out to vicitimize them" Not sure what else to say, but I'll make it perfectly clear: The problems Puerto Rico is experiencing are largely and mostly due to their own poor decision making. The government management of Puerto Rico is retarded, and the people who elected them to power are perhaps deliberately ignorant. You seem to be projecting some view point I simply don't have. Where did I say that Puerto Ricans don't deserve the govt or leaders they have now? Where did I say that they are victims? I said is there is a history of economic suppression by predatory regulations that have handicapped Puerto Rico's economic potential. If you disagree that that was never the case, and that Jones Act and forced high minimum wage have not adversely affected the economy and contributed to it's current state, please expand on that - and I mean that sincerely as I am curious to learn the different arguments on this topic. "The cold hard fact is, people get the govt and leaders they deserve" - too bad that was not applied in the first half of the last century where they people wanted independence. It's just strange that was not valid then, yet there's no productive and realistic discussion about what to do about the situation now. [/QUOTE]

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