{"id":2166,"date":"2017-12-07T19:34:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T19:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2017\/12\/07\/the-gop-tax-scam-would-be-devastating-for-puerto-rico\/"},"modified":"2017-12-07T19:34:00","modified_gmt":"2017-12-07T19:34:00","slug":"the-gop-tax-scam-would-be-devastating-for-puerto-rico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/the-gop-tax-scam-would-be-devastating-for-puerto-rico\/","title":{"rendered":"The GOP Tax Scam Would be Devastating for Puerto Rico"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just as Puerto Ricans try to recover from the unprecedented devastation caused by Hurricane Maria, Republicans in Congress are putting the future of the island in peril by taxing Puerto Rico as a foreign jurisdiction. As a result, Puerto Rico could lose a third of its revenue and thousands of jobs, crushing the already struggling economy of the island. DNC Chair Tom Perez released the following statement:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Republicans are turning their backs on the people of Puerto Rico and treating them like second-class citizens once again.&nbsp;Not only do these shameful proposals ignore the fiscal needs of the 3.4 million American citizens living in Puerto Rico, they would also make the ongoing humanitarian crisis drastically worse. Manufacturing is the lifeblood of Puerto Rican workforce, and this GOP tax scam will strangle their already struggling economy. Congress should be working to bring relief to the people of Puerto Rico, not making it harder for them to earn a living.&rdquo;&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>See it for yourself:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2017-12-05\/puerto-rico-warns-tax-reform-could-slash-revenue-by-one-third\"><strong>Bloomberg<\/strong><\/a><strong>: Puerto Rico Warns Tax Bill Could Slash Revenue by One Third<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\">&ldquo;Puerto Rico&rsquo;s Treasury Secretary warned the island&rsquo;s federal oversight board that the government could lose as much one third of its revenue if Congress approves a 20 percent excise tax on goods produced there as a part of the federal overhaul. Puerto Rico is already bankrupt and contending with as much as $100 billion of damage left by the September storm.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2017\/11\/30\/gop-tax-bill-will-crush-puerto-ricos-economy-governor-says-commentary.html\"><strong>CNBC<\/strong><\/a><strong>: GOP tax bill would crush Puerto Rico&#39;s already devastated economy, Governor says<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\">&ldquo;This levy has the potential to destroy those businesses the storms didn&#39;t. By applying this 20 percent tax to products made in Puerto Rico, companies with a strong presence on the island would be forced to shutter those operations and decamp for the mainland or, worse, a lower-tax country. This would put tens of thousands of U.S. citizens in Puerto Rico out of work and demolish our tax base right as we are trying to rebound from historic storms.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/nation-world\/world\/americas\/article187413268.html\"><strong>Miami Herald<\/strong><\/a><strong>: Still devastated by Maria, Puerto Rico fears an economic &lsquo;hurricane&rsquo; in GOP tax bill <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\">&ldquo;The news couldn&rsquo;t come at a worse time for the island, which was bankrupt and limping through a decade-long recession even before Hurricane Maria made landfall on Sept. 20. The storm caused an estimated $94 billion in damage and has forced more than 156,000 Puerto Ricans to flee to Florida alone.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/finance\/360035-the-republican-tax-bill-will-cut-thousands-of-jobs-in-puerto-rico\"><strong>Former Puerto Rican Senator Juan Hern&aacute;ndez<\/strong><\/a><strong>: The Republican tax bill will cut thousands of Puerto Rico jobs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\">&ldquo;But if Section 4303 of the bill is not amended to exclude Puerto Rico, 75,000 jobs to U.S. citizens could be lost. Congress has the responsibility to legislate on behalf of all U.S. citizens no matter whether they reside in the states, commonwealths or territories.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wnyc.org\/story\/proposed-tax-bill-could-devastate-puerto-rico\/\"><strong>WNYC News<\/strong><\/a><strong>: Proposed Tax Bill Could Devastate Puerto Rico<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\">&ldquo;Francisco Pares, an assistant secretary in Puerto Rico&rsquo;s treasury department, testified at a meeting in Manhattan Tuesday that the tax could cost the island about one-third of its revenue and risk thousands of jobs by prodding U.S. companies to shut down their manufacturing operations.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/gops-tax-bill-would-be-worse-for-puerto-ricos-economy-than-hurricane-maria\"><strong>Daily Beast<\/strong><\/a><strong>: GOP&rsquo;s Tax Bill Would Be Worse for Puerto Rico&rsquo;s Economy Than Hurricane Maria<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\">&ldquo;One estimate says that tax double whammy could force some of the affected companies to shutter operations in Puerto Rico with a loss of up to 200,000 jobs. That would be on top of the 32,000 jobs already lost since Hurricane Maria.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Mientras que los puertorrique&ntilde;os intentan recuperarse de la devastaci&oacute;n sin precedentes causada por el hurac&aacute;n Mar&iacute;a, los republicanos del Congreso est&aacute;n poniendo en peligro el futuro de la isla al imponer tasas tributarias a Puerto Rico como una jurisdicci&oacute;n extranjera. Como resultado, Puerto Rico podr&iacute;a perder un tercio de sus ingresos y miles de puestos de trabajo, aplastando la econom&iacute;a de la isla que ya est&aacute; en una delicada condici&oacute;n. El presidente del Comit&eacute; Nacional Dem&oacute;crata, Tom P&eacute;rez, realiz&oacute; las siguientes declaraciones:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Los republicanos le est&aacute;n dando la espalda al pueblo de Puerto Rico y trat&aacute;ndolos como ciudadanos de segunda clase una vez m&aacute;s. Estos vergonzosos proyectos de ley no s&oacute;lo ignoran las necesidades fiscales de los 3.4 millones de ciudadanos estadounidenses que viven en Puerto Rico, sino que tambi&eacute;n empeorar&iacute;an dr&aacute;sticamente la actual crisis humanitaria. La manufactura es el alma de la fuerza de trabajo puertorrique&ntilde;a, y esta estafa tributaria del Partido Republicano estrangular&aacute; una econom&iacute;a que ya lucha para salir adelante. El Congreso deber&iacute;a trabajar para brindar alivio a la poblaci&oacute;n de Puerto Rico, no para dificultarles la vida&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>V&eacute;alo usted mismo:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2017-12-05\/puerto-rico-warns-tax-reform-could-slash-revenue-by-one-third\"><strong>Bloomberg<\/strong><\/a><strong>: Puerto Rico advierte que proyecto de ley tributaria podr&iacute;a reducir los ingresos en un tercio<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\">&ldquo;El Secretario del Tesoro de Puerto Rico advirti&oacute; a la junta de supervisi&oacute;n federal de la isla que el gobierno podr&iacute;a perder una tercera parte de sus ingresos si el Congreso aprueba una tasa del 20 por ciento sobre los bienes producidos all&iacute; como parte de la reforma federal. Puerto Rico ya est&aacute; en bancarrota y enfrenta un da&ntilde;o de hasta $100 mil millones por la tormenta de septiembre&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2017\/11\/30\/gop-tax-bill-will-crush-puerto-ricos-economy-governor-says-commentary.html\"><strong>CNBC<\/strong><\/a><strong>: La ley de impuestos del Partido Republicano aplastar&iacute;a la ya devastada econom&iacute;a de Puerto Rico, dice el gobernador<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\">&ldquo;Este impuesto tiene el potencial de destruir aquellos negocios que las tormentas no tuvieron. Al aplicar este impuesto del 20 por ciento a los productos fabricados en Puerto Rico, las empresas con una fuerte presencia en la isla se ver&iacute;an obligadas a cerrar esas operaciones e irse alg&uacute;n estado, peor a&uacute;n, a un pa&iacute;s con impuestos m&aacute;s bajos. Esto pondr&iacute;a a decenas de miles de ciudadanos en Puerto Rico sin trabajo y demoler&iacute;a nuestra base impositiva justo cuando estamos tratando de recuperarnos de las hist&oacute;ricas tormentas&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/nation-world\/world\/americas\/article187413268.html\"><strong>Miami Herald<\/strong><\/a><strong>: A&uacute;n devastado por Mar&iacute;a, Puerto Rico teme un &#39;hurac&aacute;n&#39; econ&oacute;mico en la cuenta de impuestos del Partido Republicano<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\">&ldquo;Las noticias no podr&iacute;an llegar en peor momento para la isla, que estaba en bancarrota y cojeando por una recesi&oacute;n de una d&eacute;cada incluso antes de que el hurac&aacute;n Mar&iacute;a tocara tierra el 20 de septiembre. La tormenta caus&oacute; da&ntilde;os estimados en $ 94 mil millones y ha forzado a m&aacute;s de 156,000 puertorrique&ntilde;os a mudarse a la Florida&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/finance\/360035-the-republican-tax-bill-will-cut-thousands-of-jobs-in-puerto-rico\"><strong>Ex-senador de Puerto Rico, Juan Hern&aacute;ndez<\/strong><\/a><strong>: el proyecto de ley republicano reducir&aacute; miles de puestos de trabajo en Puerto Rico<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\">&ldquo;Pero si la secci&oacute;n 4303 del proyecto de ley no se modifica para excluir a Puerto Rico, podr&iacute;an perderse 75.000 puestos de trabajo de ciudadanos estadounidenses. El Congreso tiene la responsabilidad de legislar en nombre de todos los ciudadanos de los Estados Unidos, independientemente de si residen en los estados, las mancomunidades o los territorios&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wnyc.org\/story\/proposed-tax-bill-could-devastate-puerto-rico\/\"><strong>WNYC News<\/strong><\/a><strong>: el proyecto de ley fiscal podr&iacute;a devastar a Puerto Rico<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\">&ldquo;Francisco Pares, subsecretario del departamento de tesorer&iacute;a de Puerto Rico, testific&oacute; en una reuni&oacute;n en Manhattan el martes que el impuesto podr&iacute;a costarle a la isla alrededor de un tercio de sus ingresos y arriesgar miles de empleos al presionar a las compa&ntilde;&iacute;as estadounidenses para que cierren sus operaciones de manufactura&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/gops-tax-bill-would-be-worse-for-puerto-ricos-economy-than-hurricane-maria\"><strong>Daily Beast<\/strong><\/a><strong>: El proyecto de ley de impuestos del Partido Republicano ser&iacute;a peor para la econom&iacute;a de Puerto Rico que el hurac&aacute;n Mar&iacute;a<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\">&ldquo;Una estimaci&oacute;n dice que el duro golpe de impuestos podr&iacute;a obligar a algunas de las compa&ntilde;&iacute;as afectadas a cerrar operaciones en Puerto Rico con una p&eacute;rdida de hasta 200,000 empleos. Eso ser&iacute;a por encima de los 32,000 empleos ya perdidos desde el hurac&aacute;n Mar&iacute;a&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.univision.com\/puerto-rico\/wlii\/noticias\/impuestos\/reforma-tributaria-de-trump-amenaza-con-dar-golpe-mortal-a-la-economia-de-puerto-rico\"><strong>Univision<\/strong><\/a>: <strong>Reforma tributaria de Trump amenaza con dar golpe mortal a la econom&iacute;a de Puerto Rico<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\">&ldquo;En Puerto Rico, el Gobierno y expertos afirman que una ley de esa &iacute;ndole representar&iacute;a un golpe mortal a la econom&iacute;a de la isla pues el impuesto de 20 por ciento incluye a las ventas de los productos manufacturados por las Corporaciones de Control For&aacute;neo (CFC), incluidas las de Puerto Rico, cuando son adquiridos por sus matrices en Estados Unidos&rdquo;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just as Puerto Ricans try to recover from the unprecedented devastation caused by Hurricane Maria, Republicans in Congress are putting the future of the island in peril by taxing Puerto Rico as a foreign jurisdiction. 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