Medical supply shortage because Trump screws up Puerto Rico recovery

Buck Turgidson · Feb 1, 2018

body slam said: ↑

Is that 30% of the island or 30% of the population on the island?
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Population, last I heard.

body slam · Feb 1, 2018

Buck Turgidson said: ↑

Population, last I heard.
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thanks

Invisible Fan · Feb 2, 2018

Carl Herrera said: ↑

Puerto Rico's finance is screwed up and there's plenty of fingers to point, sure. But do we use screwed up state/local finance as an excuse for inadequate disaster response when it comes to NJ, Lousiana, Kansas, etc.? Only well-financed, well-managed parts of the country deserve an adequate recovery effort now?
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PR is a colony

America First baby

Sweet Lou 4 2 · Feb 4, 2018

Invisible Fan said: ↑

PR is a colony

America First baby
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If a few hundred people die, it's worth it to move IV bag manufacturing back to the US even if it is more expensive. Let's put a tariff on IV bags from PR!

NewRoxFan · Mar 27, 2018

How Trump favored Texas over Puerto Rico
A POLITICO investigation shows a persistent double standard in the president’s handling of relief efforts for Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Maria.

During the first nine days after Harvey, FEMA provided 5.1 million meals, 4.5 million liters of water and over 20,000 tarps to Houston; but in the same period, it delivered just 1.6 million meals, 2.8 million liters of water and roughly 5,000 tarps to Puerto Rico. Nine days after Harvey, the federal government had 30,000 personnel in the Houston region, compared with 10,000 at the same point after Maria. It took just 10 days for FEMA to approve permanent disaster work for Texas, compared with 43 days for Puerto Rico. Seventy-eight days after each hurricane, FEMA had approved 39 percent of federal applications for relief from victims of Harvey, versus 28 percent for Maria.
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Those imbalances track with another one: the attention of President Donald Trump. In public, Trump appeared much more concerned with the victims of Harvey than Maria. He visited Houston twice during the first eight days after the hurricane, but didn’t visit Puerto Rico for 13 days. In the first week after the disasters, Trump sent three times as many tweets about Harvey as Maria — 24 about the plight of Texas and eight about Puerto Rico, including a series of comments about Puerto Rico’s debt level and quality of infrastructure that local officials considered insulting and enraging while lives were still in jeopardy.
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https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/27/donald-trump-fema-hurricane-maria-response-480557

edwardc · Mar 27, 2018

RocketsLegend said: ↑

Typical idiot Trump hater always needs to find something to blame Trump.
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Just like a bunch of right wing nut jobs did while 44 was in office.

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