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Aware of this reality, Puerto Rico enacted its own bankruptcy law, but the US Supreme Court struck it down, because the island is de facto an American colony, and the federal bankruptcy code permits only the US Congress to enact bankruptcy legislation over its territory.

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1871: The Indian Appropriation Act makes all Indians wards of the federal government.

More than 90 percent of the population lives below the federal poverty line.

And I was at the White House for President Bush, meeting with every federal department and agency, and I pointed out that they appear to have no plan.

So, the question is, how many federal officials are ready to move to Ohio and Pennsylvania with their families?

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