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.
they dont deserve anything, amazing that the people that pay the way for everything, meaning we, the tax payer, cant get the same benefits as illegals, we pay the way for all gpvernment employees, and we dont get to have a say about giving a bonus to people that WE pay that dont do their ob, of course obama has so many muslims infiltrated into the whitehouse, it mkeans his babies are getting a raise for helping destroy america
Yup, good job you’ve done…
obama needs to be arrested then stolen away by a lynch mob
Disgrace
obummer is without a DOUBT WORSE then any President we have EVER had or EVER could have . obummers Legacy = obummer is the BIGGEST and WORST FAILURE this country has EVER had but that’s all you an expect when a bunch of IGNORANT / Brain Dead / MORONS put an ILLEGAL ALIEN / moslim TRAITOR in the White House…..SCREW his moslims and him and the ILLEGALS and his Refugees and the Gun Control so his moslims can Take Over !!!
I’m sure each and every one earned it…Baahhahahahahaha
I would like to have a face to face with a gov’t employee that can even justify their job let alone a bonus.
Why don’t disabled vets gets a bonus? They can use it,and they’ve earned it.
There went our raise and fixing the Va
just sick,, and social security did not get a raise,,,