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Puerto Rico's Debt Restructuring
Puerto Rico lost a lot of revenue because they lost a tax break starting from through a phase out from 1996 to 2006. Puerto Rico lawmakers plugged the holes in their budget not by reducing expenses and increasing taxes but by issuing debt. The island is very poor and has been poor for a long time it has a poverty rate of about 40%.