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Puerto Rico Tax Exemption

The new minimum wage bill has knocked out a provision which has given tax breaks to US corportations in Puerto Rico. The blow to the island's economy could irreparable. Robert talks with Elias Gutierrez (eh-lee-AHSS goot-YERR-ez), the President of Corplan (corr-PLAHN), a consulting firm in San Juan that tracks industrial capability and output in Puerto Rico, about what options are left open to the island's workers, business-owners, and investors.

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