SINKING
In the long run, there’re only two real solutions to the island’s economic woes: statehood—or full-on independence.
Daniel DiSalvo is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, an assistant professor of political science in the Colin L. Powell School at the City College of New York-CUNY, and author of Government Against Itself: Public Union Power and Its Consequences.
In the long run, there’re only two real solutions to the island’s economic woes: statehood—or full-on independence.
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