According to Zero Hedge, between persistent inflation, trade wars, and AI-related job disruptions, the outlook on the U.S. economy is once again ticking to “uncertain.”
We are looking at possibly forcing people onto state support.
Zero Hedge posted a map, via Visual Capitalist’s Pallavi Rao that, that shows the distribution. Puerto Rico New Mexico, West Virginia are the worst and Utah, North Dakota and Wyoming are the best, but most states aren’t where we would want them until you get to the last four or so.
Puerto Rico has always been an issue. Nothing new there. It’s an Island economy with progressives running it. There are only three point two million people living in Puerto Rico. There are five point eight million Puerto Rican people living in the U.S. in every state in the union.
Puerto Rico stands out with 47% of households receiving assistance.
You can check out the map here. The number of people on SNAP averages 13% in the country.
The author of the map says the poverty is the result of colonialism. How would it be better without the US? I can’t say. They are independent for the most part, and could vote for independence to solve that issue.
Sec. Rubio is concerned about Puerto Rico and may be able to help
The Federal government used to pay out SNAP alone but the states now share it. That means the blue states with their overly generous welfare, which includes people here illegally, will pay more.
The article didn’t deal with how much criminals take advantage of SNAP. There is a lot of fraud.
The Big Beautiful Bill moved some expenses to the states hoping they will be more careful about how they spend. The red states have a lot of poverty. Louisiana is trying to deal with it by attracting developing, like META’s AI.
We can’t afford to take in the world after all. We need to take care of our own people first.
Owing to corrupt judges, almost half of the island’s population is on disability.
Democrats wanted to make Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands new states. It’s time for Trump and Republicans to get bold and cut loose those territories and let them become nations. We don’t need them. They offe no value and are a drain on our finances.
Take it over and make it an island resort. Problem solved.
Puerto Pobre should be their new name…
And guess where the money comes from to pay for all those Puerto Ricans on public assistance. In 2022 alone, the US treasury sent $33.4 Billion dollars (yeah, that’s a “B”) to Puerto Rico. That would be our tax money.
We’re so lucky to “own” Puerto Rico as a US territory. /sarc
But how many of the people are not legally qualified to be on food stamps?
cut them loose
We won’t cut them loose because too many tax breaks for the rich who keep a residence there. Look into it.
Exactly Peter Schiff a wealthy speculator who I read a lot lives there for that reason . This is why most of the rich are all big democrats. High taxes don’t bother them because they don’t pay them. High welfare spending subsidizes their cheap labor . They can pay them less