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发帖数: 29576 | 1 波多黎各劳模要default债务了，不靠联邦输血根本过不下去。
Obama’s radical proposal for Puerto Rico’s debt
Puerto Rico’s debt crisis exploded into view at the end of June, when
Governor Alejandro García Padilla revealed that the island’s fiscal
situation was so bad it wouldn’t be able to repay the $73 billion it owed
to bondholders.
The unexpected statement sent Congress scrambling for a solution, and since
then, the debate has centered on whether Puerto Rico’s public corporations,
like utilities—which hold a significant amount of its debt—should be
allowed to declare chapter 9 bankruptcy, an option available in all 50 U.S.
states, but not in Puerto Rico. Both Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton have
expressed support for the idea. In July Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.
) and Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) introduced a chapter 9 law for Puerto Rico, and
the Senate Finance Committee held a contentious hearing on the island’s
finances in September.
This week the Obama administration weighed in with its own plan, and it’s
considerably more radical.
In a 10-page document issued Wednesday night, it proposed allowing Puerto
Rico itself to go through bankruptcy and restructure its bonds. This is an
option no U.S. state enjoys.
“It would be unprecedented in the American context,” said Robert Shapiro,
the former undersecretary of commerce for economic affairs. “We don’t have
a provision for states going bankrupt.”
There’s one big argument for doing this: Puerto Rico’s economic malaise
makes its debt unpayable. Puerto Rico’s economy has been contracting for
nearly a decade straight and its population has been fleeing to mainland
United States, eroding its tax base. That makes it all but impossible for
the government to provide adequate services to its residents and pay its
creditors in full—and may require an extreme measure to help it get out
from under.
http://www.politico.com/agenda/story/2015/10/obamas-radical-pro | w***u
发帖数: 17713 | 2 反正联邦政府还得抢救。波多黎各人民的民主选择很正确，不独立，也不成州，什么好
处都不拉下，什么财务负担都不承担。 | a*******m
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【在 w***u 的大作中提到】
: 反正联邦政府还得抢救。波多黎各人民的民主选择很正确，不独立，也不成州，什么好
: 处都不拉下，什么财务负担都不承担。
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发帖数: 8291 | 4 平均每人赖掉两万美元，爽啊。
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【在 T**********e 的大作中提到】
: 波多黎各劳模要default债务了，不靠联邦输血根本过不下去。
: Obama’s radical proposal for Puerto Rico’s debt
: Puerto Rico’s debt crisis exploded into view at the end of June, when
: Governor Alejandro García Padilla revealed that the island’s fiscal
: situation was so bad it wouldn’t be able to repay the $73 billion it owed
: to bondholders.
: The unexpected statement sent Congress scrambling for a solution, and since
: then, the debate has centered on whether Puerto Rico’s public corporations,
: like utilities—which hold a significant amount of its debt—should be
: allowed to declare chapter 9 bankruptcy, an option available in all 50 U.S.
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