The inside story. Welcome to inside story. Im ray suarez. Just today a federal Appeals Court upheld a Lower Court Decision to block porto ricos municipalities from declaring bankruptcy. Theres probably too many for a population of over 3. 5 million. 78 municipalities some as small as 10 and 15,000. They are traditional units of government. Many older than the u. S. Their inability to get out from under crushing debt may slow down a resizing of the government rather than bringing the day closer. Robert ray visited the island as the fiscal crisis tightened, and time and options are getting shorter. Reporter its the new fiscal year in porto rico, sales tax jumping to curb the crisis the reality i is more than 70 billion in debt looms. Robert ray, Al Jazeera America an emergency meeting between mayors and the governor looking for solutions and Common Ground on the biggest challenge the commonwealth faced. You guys are mayors you have a finger on the pulse, probably tighter than the governm
Welcome to inside story. Im ray suarez. Just today a federal Appeals Court upheld a Lower Court Decision to block porto ricos municipalities from declaring bankruptcy. Theres probably too many for a population of over 3. 5 million. 78 municipalities, some as small as 10 and 15,000. They are traditional units of government. Many older than the u. S. Their inability to get out from under crushing debt may slow down a resizing of the government, rather than bringing the day closer. Robert ray visited the island as the fiscal crisis tightened, and shorter. Reporter its the new fiscal year in porto rico, sales tax jumping to curb the crisis, the reality i is more than 70 billion in debt looms. Robert ray, Al Jazeera America an emergency meeting between mayors and the governor looking for solutions and Common Ground on the biggest challenge the commonwealth faced. You guys are mayors, you have a finger on the pulse, probably tighter than the government has. Thats why we are here. Do you beli
Is the inside story. Welcome to inside story. Im ray suarez. Just today a federal Appeals Court upheld a Lower Court Decision to block porto ricos municipalities from declaring bankruptcy. Theres probably too many for a population of over 3. 5 million. 78 municipalities, some as small as 10 and 15,000. They are traditional units of government. Many older than the u. S. Their inability to get out from under crushing debt may slow down a resizing of the government, rather than bringing the day closer. Robert ray visited the island as the fiscal crisis tightened, and shorter. Reporter its the new fiscal year in porto rico, sales tax jumping to curb the crisis, the reality i is more than 70 billion in debt looms. Robert ray, Al Jazeera America an emergency meeting between mayors and the governor looking for solutions and Common Ground on the biggest challenge the commonwealth faced. You guys are mayors, you have a finger on the pulse, probably tighter than the government has. Thats why we
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