Someone forgot to tell Puerto Rico the wise adage: “If you don’t have the cash, then don’t buy it!” The island territory has a debt of $70 billion dollars, is at risk to default come January, 2016, on $900 million and decided to “charge” Christmas bonuses for government employees, to the tune of $120 million.
Someone needs to cut off the allowance, take away the credit cards and require a Dave Ramsey course for imprudent squandering territory.
One-hundred-thirty-six years ago, Puerto Rico enacted a law that requires Christmas bonuses to be paid to government workers. No thought was apparently given to the economic ups and downs that would absolutely occur in this territory. No one took into account that perhaps a LAW was too binding and therefore should not create a promise that was not good for the country and would never be revoked.
But in 1969, Puerto Rico must have been feeling generous when they included mandatory Christmas bonuses. In 2015, Puerto Rico is standing with its tin cup, at the White House door, begging alms for the poor.
On the next page, read how we are enabling Puerto Rico, instead of cutting off the slush fund.
This is so wrong.
Oh my God you really think after all this talk about the money going down the drain you guys all get Christmas bonuses totaling up to $150. million you got to be kidding when all of us tax payers can’t even get a rase on are sss checks this year now I know where it went to must be nice know wonder no pone likes Congress you guys make over a hundred eighty thousand dollars a year and some two hundred and eighty dollars and we can’t even get a silly $27.80 this new year 2016 we all get a letter saying we won’t be getting that rase I think Congress shouldn’t get to run but two terms just like the president in office and not get such big bonuses us people that has worked all life to get this pay and you control it and spind it the way you want to and the president giving it to people who have not earned it I’m not wanting to be gready I just would
Like to not have to pinch Penny’s after working for this money all my life and payed in for it and not to be given to people who has never worked in there life for it thank you
On the right sidebar, click on Common Core.
which ones the upper but not the lower that i was part of
Why? Stop giving tax payers dollars to those deadbeats vote all out and replaced with real conservatives
really all we the people (legal citizens) are the only ones that should be getting it. military or other wise, as long as they are not gov, an they are not criminals
Why? They don’t deserve them. They didn’t earn it
Many govt workers are Vets
Only in America leaderless administration vote Trump
Uh huh