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There was a previous thread about the country needing 4.5 trillion to completely overhaul the infrastructure.Considering they regularly had no electricity for years before...
Why Puerto Rico’s Electric Grid Stood No Chance Against Maria
Making matters worse, the lack of cash for maintenance has made maintenance more costly than it would otherwise be. Before Hurricane Maria, most of what was getting done was reactive maintenance — fixing immediate outages — not preventative maintenance or upgrades, Morales said. That means AEE’s equipment — from its power plants on down — is old and out-of-date. The median age of an AEE power plant is 44 years, compared with an electric industry standard of 18. “They suffer mechanical failures constantly,” Morales said. “They have to wait a long time to get parts, and the original manufacturers consider them like a speciality part.” Even workers with the expertise to manage these aging units are in short supply and retiring quickly.
Considering they had no electricity for months.But, hey, it's all Trump's fault, right? Certainly the incompetent, corrupt government of Puerto Rico had nothing to do with it.
He said some of the materials arrived after the National Guard ended its mission in May. He could not explain why no other agency distributed the materials after that.
But the head of the elections commission said that he has been calling the governor’s office and the National Guard regularly inquiring about plans to distribute the material, to no avail.
Containers of Hurricane Donations Found Rotting in Puerto Rico Parking Lot
It's not really a surprise.
Try to figure out why.
Think "keeping food cold" and "electricity". The answer is the connection between the two.
Oddly enough, if you add The Bush Tax cuts for millionaires and the Trump tax cuts for billionaires, you get very close to 4.5 trillion.
Now we know why we have no money for infrastructure. 9 Yachts aren't enough for a single Republican billionaire. Ask Betsy Devos.