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now, i know that tweet might sound a bit graceless in the face of such devastation, but on this one on the issue donald trump is right. puerto rico was an economic basket case before the storm. and i think there might actually be a silver lining here for the people of puerto rico. hurricane maria may offer the single greatest opportunity to rebuild the island, but it will take a grand bargain to pull it off. let s look at some of the numbers. puerto rico s economy has actually been contracting, contracting by roughly 1.5% a year for the last ten years. puerto ricans have been fleeing the island to look for better opportunities on the mainland. that creates a vicious circle, a smaller population means a declining tax base, which makes it even more difficult for the local puerto rican government to pay back its debt. that debt rang in at about $43 billion in 2007 and reached about $64 billion in 2016. hurricane maria just adds even