my kids. will they have the options to stay here and work and have a family? anthony: okay so where are we? liza: we are at casa vieja in ciales. this is typical 1960s 50s grandmother house. anthony: and the food is, grandma food? liza: it is grandma food actually. those are corn fritters with ham. typical sunday, after a saturday party. anthony: hangover food, delicious. liza: so this is like a plantain soup. anthony: oh that s good. anthony: the specialty here is pastele al cadero, pork marinated in bitter orange, taro root, green plantains, squash and garbanzo beans slow cooked. and morcilla, blood sausage. one of my favorite things. liza: it s good? anthony: it s fantastic. teachers here are being asked to pay into a pension system that has been described as a ponzi scheme. you pay 10 percent of your income, into your pension plan
i decided to stay because i wanted my kids to grow up here. anthony: better times? liza: better times of course. anthony: what changed? liza: the government took too much in loans. and couldn t pay them back. so they kept putting taxes on the people, the working class people like me and we cannot pay. anthony: like many professionals here, liza marie cordova would likely have an easier time of it in the states but she chooses to stay. liza: when the crisis came to puerto rico mostly i think about my kids. will they have the options to stay here and work and have a family? anthony: okay so where are we? liza: we are at casa vieja in ciales. this is typical 1960s 50s grandmother house. anthony: and the food is, grandma food? liza: it is grandma food actually. those are corn fritters with ham.
this is typical 1960s 50s grandmother house. anthony: and the food is, grandma food? liza: it is grandma food actually. those are corn fritters with ham. typical sunday, after a saturday party. anthony: hangover food, delicious. liza: so this is like a plantain soup. anthony: oh that s good. anthony: the specialty here is pastele al cadero, pork marinated in bitter orange, taro root, green plantains, squash and garbanzo beans slow cooked. and morcilla, blood sausage. one of my favorite things. liza: it s good? anthony: it s fantastic. teachers here are being asked to pay into a pension system that has been described as a ponzi scheme. you pay 10 percent of your income, into your pension plan out of every paycheck. the money you re paying in now is being used to pay the ones
grandma food? liza: it is grandma food actually. those are corn fritters with ham. typical sunday, after a saturday party. anthony: hangover food, delicious. liza: so this is like a plantain soup. anthony: oh that s good. anthony: the specialty here is pastele al cadero, pork marinated in bitter orange, taro root, green plantains, squash and garbanzo beans slow cooked. and morcilla, blood sausage. one of my favorite things. liza: it s good? anthony: it s fantastic. teachers here are being asked to pay into a pension system that has been described as a ponzi scheme. you pay 10 percent of your income, into your pension plan out of every paycheck. the money you re paying in now is being used to pay the ones who are retiring right now. in a pyramid scheme by the time it gets down to you who has been paying in for your entire
liza: we are at casa vieja in ciales. this is typical 1960s 50s grandmother house. anthony: and the food is, grandma food? liza: it is grandma food actually. those are corn fritters with ham. typical sunday, after a saturday party. anthony: hangover food, delicious. liza: so this is like a plantain soup. anthony: oh that s good. anthony: the specialty here is pastele al cadero, pork marinated in bitter orange, taro root, green plantains, squash and garbanzo beans slow cooked. and morcilla, blood sausage.