Charlie Rose

anakothe  08/29/2012 08:12 PM Report

Charlie: I have been your fan since the early 90s. What happened to your cutting-edge journalism when you kept the "guest" on his or her toes regarding the facts they spewed out? Was there no previous research done on what the Puerto Rican governor said? Do you condone his ruthless policies?

SharkswithfrikingLazers  08/29/2012 03:57 PM Report

So he has gone from minus four to now growing his economy by 1.5% with 13.5% unemployment.

How can this be? Austerity yet growth? Where is Paul Krugman?

SharkswithfrikingLazers  08/29/2012 03:52 PM Report

Charlie, not only immigration but emigration.

Waves of Puerto Ricans moved to the United States particularly to New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Florida.

Was that a "free flow of people"? Was it done in an orderly fashion? Was there ever a security issue?

SharkswithfrikingLazers  08/29/2012 03:42 PM Report

Oh yes, one of these guys who says one thing to get elected and then does a 180:

"Most of the frustration of the Puerto Rican constituents was due to the then candidate Luis Fortuno swearing that he would not lay off a single employee.

Yet in his March 3rd speech he warned that the $3.2 billion deficit he encountered might require laying off up to 30,000 government employees (although eventually only 12,505 were laid off)."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Fortu%C3%B1o

I bet he also said he was going to create jobs.

The "read my lips, no new taxes" side of the Republican party.

Ellen_Dibble  08/29/2012 01:34 PM Report

I thought I heard that 90 percent of Puerto Ricans are Republicans, and the Republicans are for statehood; and that 10 percent are Democrats, and the Democrats are for maintaining the status quo vis-a-vis the United States.

So I'm thinking how is it they haven't achieved statehood, say under George W. Bush? Would it take a more Republican House or Senate to approve a 51st state? One that would welcome an almost entirely Republican state, with two senators, for instance? Not to mention the additional taxes we could extract from all those businesses being referred to -- or would they be a whole lot less profitable if they had state status. (How much I don't know...)

njcarole  08/29/2012 11:42 AM Report

Last nite while watching the RNC convention, I wanted to see or find out more about the man Mrs.Fortuno was married to and also google him and his relationship with the Repubican Party since his wife praise him and stated she was a good friend of Mrs. Rommey.

This is what I found out about this Governor:

1. In 2009 he laid off 12,505 gov. employees.

2. Unemployment in 2010 is 15.9% and may be even going to 17%.

3.Puerto Rico's medium income is $18,314 as of 2009.

With all the hoopla of the Republican platform it seems they are not helping the Puerto Rican community.

Also the puerto rican US citizens enjoy all the benefits of being a US citizen but are not allowed to vote in Presidential elections, so what is the value of the Gov.'s input in this convention?

REMant  08/29/2012 11:26 AM Report

I believe we've heard all this from him before. While he has acquired a good reputation for management, he still sounds like a Latino, who hopes to emigrate. Free movement of goods and labor is no doubt as useful as convertibility of money in keeping people honest, but for the same reason it shouldn't be allowed to be a club or Marxist reserve army to keep them in submission. It's a fine point, but a necessary one. The objective in free trade is both freedom from and freedom to.