What would happen if Puerto Rico's Gov't would shut down do to money running out?
413990
I'm looking for that article but in the meantime....since puerto rico is a u.s.territory i'm pretty sure there will be some form of aid.  ofcourse thats only a bandaide to the problem and a longterm solution/plan will be necessary.  i hope the u.s. gov. will help relocate island families within the u.s.
398027
Your body will go into starvation mode and start to shut down.  Your body will retain all it's energy for making your brain and heart work, but at some point those would shut down, too.
194466
I am not an economist, but think about it.  The cigarette companies make billions of dollars every year. What would happen to our economy if they were to suddenly be shut down?\n\nIt wouldn't just affect the cigarette companies, but the farmers, retail outlets, advertising companies, chemical companies, etc.  It would have a rippling effect.  Not a good thing.\n\nNot only that, but the government would lose untold tax revenues.\n\nGet the picture?   it would put a whole lot of people out of work, and guess what? They are voters!  Do you think they are going to forget what congressmen and women voted for the law that would outlaw smoking?\n\nDo you think a congress person would vote for something if there was a possibility they might lose their jobs?
675559
Mexico is about to collapse after the next election into fighting between drug cartels and corrupt politicians and police.   Anarchy will result.  Expect loss of production in all those factories that jumped over the border and even perhaps a glitch or two in natural gas and oil supplies.  Search news some sources are belatedly reporting it.  We may need to close border period, not just monitor it if situation gets really serious.  Both defeated criminal gangs and other refugees will be trying to flee.
45541
The worst thing people can do is expect the government to take care of them.  As seen in Katrina they will let you down.  People need to take repsonisiblity for themselves.
416429
Don't expect anything to happen, because it has already happened, with the forced inflation on America. That is what happens when a Republican Administration is in charge. It's always been this way, and why the people forget about it, I will never know.
216107
no, it is in their best interests to be a state; however for various reasons in a recent vote they (narrowly) voted not to apply for statehood.\n\nas it stands puerto ricans are subject to US laws (they must pay taxes, they register for the draft, etc) but cannot participate in the making of those laws.  if puerto rico were to become a state, it would have 6 or 7 representatives in congress.  on the other hand, a study showed that under statehood puerto rico would lose 10-15% of it's economy and 50,000 to 100,000 jobs.  it's not an easy trade-off to make.\n\nhere are some facts related to the question of puerto rican statehood:\n\nhttp://www.englishfirst.org/puerto/puertofacts.htm\nhttp://ri.essortment.com/puertoricansta_rdla.htm\n\noverall i think that being relegated to second-hand citizenship is not worth the economic benefit, but it is ultimately up to the people of PR to decide what matters most to them.
144038
Ah Yes. like any business one can come to a end for several reasons like death of the owner, fraud, misscouduct/dissbarment like Prez Bill, retirement, a buy out, or just plain quitting, even political ban.
907129
The federal government keeps all tax money paid.  If no return is filed, assuming there was a refund due, the money just goes into the general fund.\n\nSocial Security is going bankrupt because congress has been raiding the social security trust fund for years to pay for pet programs without appearing to increase the budget deficit.  Yes, both democratic and republican congresses have done this.  Officially it's a "loan" from the trust fund, but it never gets paid back, and the money doesn't earn interest (which it would have if it had been in the trust fund).\nSocial Security isn't going bankrupt because there are too many baby boomers going to retire at the same time, it's going bankrupt because the congressmen we've elected have robbed us blind.\n\nBTW, there *is* a surplus in both taxes and SS every year from illegal immigrants who use fraudulent IDs.  Kicking them all out would end that surplus, and both SS and the federal budget would be even worse off than they are now.
286518
No we would be completely screwed, Taxes that are to high and to many government programs, But somebody has to pay for well fare, Ha
474677
Puerto Ricons are great people.  I do not believe it would be to their advantage or best interest to become a state.
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The US is not cutting funding to Puerto Rico.  It is just saying that the free ride the Puerto Ricans have been getting due to their commonwealth status will end and they will have to pay their taxes soon if they do not vote for statehood.  Puerto Rico is a very heavily subsidized part of the United States and will never be cut off from funding.  It is strategically critical for defense reasons.
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If you don't file an answer and otherwise defend yourself, they win and you get a civil judgement against you.  That could include a court order to shut you down.  If you have no assets they could sieze, they could still garnish your future wages.  It also doesn't look really good on your record if you later try to do business with someone and they look it up.
812071
cause the country would go broke.
187202
Nothing would happen, because by putting your money in the bank, what you are really doing is lending it to the bank to spend. when you put your money in the bank the bank uses it to make loans and the money cycle continues. the only way the economy would slow down by saving is if everybody save the money under their beds outside the money loop.
769029
No, already projected during puerto rico's influx. The US Society would be overwhelmed .
194126
because it will make being here illegally a felony, this means they will send you to jail, then deport you. This means that families will be torn apart, that people and organizations that help them will be punished too, and that millions of jobs will be abandoned ruining our ecconomy. They will also have to go back to making $10 a day.