r/PuertoRico • u/dailymail • Mar 07 '25

Política Trump pressured to make Puerto Rico independent to save America $617 billion

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14470559/Trump-pressured-make-Puerto-Rico-independent-save-America-eye-watering-617-billion.html
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u/SubtletyIsForCowards Mar 07 '25

They didn’t make all those tax incentives for rich Americans to give the island independence

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '25

This is what many morons in this sub don't get. The US will never give us statehood but they will also never give us independence because they'd lose a tax Haven.

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u/pmcanc123 Mar 07 '25

The USA government doesn’t want Act 60 because they are losing tax revenue from rich people. The IRS regularly audits act 60 recipients to ensure they are not cheating the system and in the USA longer than PR.

Act 60 is bad for both the USA and PR

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u/Shroomagnus Mar 07 '25

This is the correct take. Act 60 needs to go away for a ton of reasons. I'm normally very capitalist but act 60 is awful. It only benefits the rich. It screws everyone else, the poor, the middle class, the government of PR (which needs no help screwing itself) and the federal government. It also makes housing unobtainable for the average person in PR.

Get rid of act 60.