puerto rico couldn t pay it back. now it s a stupefying $72 billion. i d hate to be the guy who has to solve that problem. so, i d much rather talk to him. this is the newly elected governor, dr. ricardo roceo. and his campaign manager, elia sanchez. this is the first governor i ve talked to. good. thank you for helping me work my way up the governmental food chain. exactly. so the whole idea behind coming to puerto rico, i knew i didn t know enough about puerto rico. we re american citizens yet we don t have the same rights as other citizens. so there needs to be a path forward. i m pro statehood. i want to be a full part of the united states, get equal treatment. so you believe that puerto rico would be better off if it was officially a state? yes. i firmly believe that. we feel that we re limited in our growth. if you look at all of the states, even the poorest states, like mississippi and west virginia, they still have an income per capita that s more
out those tax breaks so those companies started moving out and no amount of money could keep the country from going flaccid. we re in the midst of a serious financial crisis and the federal government is responding with decisive action. federal government policy encouraged puerto rico to do what federal government policy encouraged broke ass college students to do borrow more money. just like a person with an english degree making you a mocha, the debt got so big puerto rico couldn t pay it back. now it s a stupefying $72 billion. i d hate to be the guy who has to solve ta problem. so i d much rather talk to him. this is the newly elected governor, dr. ricardo roceo. and his campaign manager. this is the first governor i ve talked to. good. thank you for helping me work my way up the governmental food chain. exactly. so the whole idea behind