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Puerto Ricans' finances hit hard

By Carlos Aponte Inostroza, THE NEWS JOURNAL,

2024-08-26

By Carlos Aponte Inostroza, THE NEWS JOURNAL,

2024-08-26

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hate this place

08-28

Been living in Puerto Rico a year now and it’s hard af I have 2 jobs making 12$ an hr at something I have 10 years experience I applied at every company they all start the same and the highest paid people are like 15$ my rents a 1000 electric 200 food I barley eat try to at work as much as possible it’s crazy they pay nothing here everyone Iv met is making under 20$ a vast majority of the local population lives on some kind of government assistance it’s insane even the higher ups at my job make under 25$ an hr my last position in the states was paid 28$ they don’t seem to care if your a hard worker or can accomplish your job better then most the other employees I run circles around everyone at my job most of the time they are no where to be found

Rafael A Ramirez

08-27

Cost of leaving is increasing everywhere in the world ! Cost of housing is cheaper than any state of USA ! Most of the article is not true , it is a biased tale …

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