Fixing Puerto Rico

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Author(s) USA Today editorial board
Source USA Today
Date April 12, 2016
URL http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/04/12/puerto-rico-debt-bankruptcy-house-republicans-editorials-debates/82894824/
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Quotes-start.png The measure represents what has been sorely lacking in Congress in recent years: a good-faith effort to solve a festering problem through pragmatism and cross-party consultation. Although some Democrats and Puerto Rican leaders have criticized the control board aspect of the plan, such boards are necessary and highly effective when governments get too far into debt. A board has helped Detroit address its debt problems, and a similar one got Washington, D.C., back onto its feet in the 1990s. Quotes-end.png


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This item argues for the position Puerto Rico should be allowed to declare bankruptcy on the topic Puerto Rican government-debt crisis.


This item argues for the position Puerto Rico should be managed by a financial control board on the topic Puerto Rican government-debt crisis.