Wednesday, April 26, 2006

Cash-Strapped Gov't Days From Shutdown in Puerto Rico

If this keeps up we might have to change our location for the reunion.
It doesn't look real good.

The U.S. Caribbean territory is staggering under a nearly $740 million budget shortfall and heading toward a grim scenario Monday, when it will run out of cash to pay salaries and provide public services if local lawmakers don't approve a bailout plan....
Puerto Ricans jammed gas stations and supermarkets amid rumors that truck drivers would go on strike to force the government to resolve the crisis. Callers flooded talk-show phone lines, expressing anxiety about how it would affect them. Union leaders and government workers lashed out at politicians.
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