NYT Article that Matches My Experience Well

Most articles/policies I read have been spun by the Island's politicians or those benefiting from their policies. This one better matches my personal perception (ignore the technical fallacy w.r.t. the Jones Act).

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/07/busin … s&_r=1

My impression continues to be that ordinary people here are amazingly (and often illegally) resourceful and resilient. Now, if the various bumbling patronage/colonial governments involved could only stop treating them like helpless dependents to exploit and give them half an economic opportunity to find their own success their way...