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originally posted by: Nyiah
originally posted by: efabian
a reply to: Nyiah
It's not the Federal government's fault that the local government mismanaged and bankrupted the public power company.
It is, however, the federal government's fault for screwing up and not making sure power was back on as quickly as possible for medical purposes. The point of federal emergency help post-disasters is to HELP, and they failed our territory there pretty miserably. Just because they were "in Rome", does not mean they needed to act like it and be as limp-wanged as PR's local government is.
originally posted by: vinifalou
a reply to: underwerks
So the fault's on Trump then?
What the study needed to do is simply look at death certificates
originally posted by: smkymcnugget420
a reply to: underwerks
no... no its not. you really need a high school education emoji
“While a number of federal agencies and other contractors eventually joined in the power restoration effort, Whitefish Energy and the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority [PREPA] were initially the only parties on the ground making repairs,” Whitefish said in a statement after its work in Puerto Rico finished in November. “Over the course of two months, Whitefish Energy brought more than 550 crew members and 600 pieces of heavy equipment to the island, overcoming early logistics and transportation challenges to get both manpower and support services to Puerto Rico.”
originally posted by: NiNjABackflip
a reply to: Xcalibur254
The government who brought out the figures claims the disaster “and its effects” resulted in the death toll. I guess the hurricanes lasted for around a year and didn’t move from PR during that time.
No, Trump is exactly right. The deaths were caused by factors other than the hurricanes.
originally posted by: underwerks
originally posted by: NiNjABackflip
a reply to: Xcalibur254
The government who brought out the figures claims the disaster “and its effects” resulted in the death toll. I guess the hurricanes lasted for around a year and didn’t move from PR during that time.
No, Trump is exactly right. The deaths were caused by factors other than the hurricanes.
Using that logic, if I get hit by a car and die a week later from my injuries, it wasn’t the car that killed me.
The current death toll is because they have a crappy corrupt government in Puerto Rico that spent more on mansions for the elite than keeping up their infrastructure. So a lot of the deaths afterwards were because of not planning ahead for something that was going to happen. Trump didn't do that... their own government did.
they have their own: Department of Agriculture Department of Consumer Affairs Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Department of Economic Development and Commerce Department of Education Department of Family Affairs Department of Health Department of Housing Department of Justice Department of Labor and Human Resources Department of Natural and Environmental Resources Department of Sports and Recreation Department of State Department of Transportation and Public Works Department of Treasury
originally posted by: Bluntone22
originally posted by: knoxie
a reply to: Bluntone22
so, you think it was an "incredible unsung success" like trump does??
Are you quoting me or did you just pull that out of your aaaaaa?
originally posted by: vinifalou
a reply to: underwerks
Right...
By the link you posted it seems like the problem was in the infrastructure that was crappy. I take you won't blame previous administrations for this... ?
I don't believe the problem was the amount of resources transferred to Puerto Rico, given the testimonies from locals that the government had the resources and wasn't sharing with the population.