Take Action on Puerto Rico Now!

Community Call to Action:

White House Petition on Puerto Rico. Help us get 100,000 signatures. TODAY!

“if you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything”  

Our friends at the Hispanic Federation have launched a WhiteHouse.gov petition (see below) to push the President to respond with a plan of action for our people on the island.

Here’s the challenging part: there is  less than 25 days to get 100,000 signatures, which would force the White House to respond in writing. The link is now live and the deadline is October 10, 2015.

Please sign and share with your networks via email and social media, both personal and professional.

Petition link: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov//petition/take-action-puerto-rico-now-1

The shortened link (good for social media!) is here: wh.gov/inreN

Signing the petition comes in 2 easy steps:

1)      Input Name, Email, Zip Code

2)      A confirmation email will be sent to the address you input.  Please open the email and click the confirmation link. Your signature (just initials) will then be added to the petition website.

 

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• 3.5 million American citizens are living on the island of Puerto Rico, as it faces its worst economic crisis in more than a century.  If unable to restructure its debts, the island will descend into an economic crisis that will wipeout savings, pensions and compromise its economic viability for generations to come.  Please consider signing and sharing our petition today to urge the Obama administration to take action on Puerto Rico: wh.gov/inreN

Take Action on Puerto Rico Now!

Puerto Rico faces its worst economic crisis in more than a century due to a $72 billion debt burden that is unpayable. If Puerto Rico is unable to restructure its debts, the island will descend into an economic crisis that will wipeout savings, pensions and compromise its economic viability for generations to come.

President Obama must act decisively to help the 3.5 million American citizens living in Puerto Rico.

We urge the President to call for a full federal agency review of policies that are economically harmful to Puerto Rico, including health care reimbursement, and convene his Working Group on Financial Markets to develop an in-depth debt relief, repayment, and investment plan to stabilize the island’s economy.

We call on the President to take action on Puerto Rico now.  

¡Ayuda para Puerto Rico Ahora!

Puerto Rico se enfrenta a su peor crisis económica en más de un siglo debido a la deuda $ 72 mil millones que es impagable. Si Puerto Rico no es capaz de reestructurar esta deuda, hundirá a la isla en una crisis económica que eliminará los ahorros, pensiones y pondrá en peligro su viabilidad económica por varias generaciones.

El presidente Obama debe actuar ahora para ayudar a los 3,5 millones de ciudadanos estadounidenses que viven en Puerto Rico.

Instamos al Presidente que ordene a las agencias federales que evalúen todas las leyes que sean económicamente perjudiciales para Puerto Rico, incluyendo los reembolsos federales al sistema de salud, y convocar a su Grupo de Trabajo sobre Mercados Financieros para desarrollar un plan de alivio de la deuda y crear un plan de inversiones para estabilizar la economía de la isla.

Hacemos un llamado al Presidente para ayudar a Puerto Rico ahora.