Did you know that wealthy people are able to evade most taxes if they move to Puerto Rico? Did you know Puerto Rico is the only place in the world where Americans can move and not pay federal income taxes, without giving up their US passports? Is your community or state being deprived of tax dollars to fund public services while these millionaires get to pack up and leave to live tax free in the Caribbean? Is this hurting or helping local communities in Puerto Rico? Have you heard of Puerto Rico’s displacement and how this has made it much harder to rebuild after historic natural disasters and financial crisis? Were you aware that crypto investors are exploiting Puerto Rico and making it much harder for average Puerto Ricans to live in their own island nation? As a US colony, Puerto Rico is already at a disadvantage - rich outsiders from the states are making it that much harder.
Our Project
Losing Puerto Rico is a media advocacy project aimed to educate, inspire and activate Boricuas in Puerto Rico and in the diaspora – as well as activists on the mainland United States. Many of the crises Puerto Rico faces are not new and are a manifestation of root issues inflicted on the island by the United States government.
This is why our media series is not just for the Boricua community…
Our goal is to work collectively to take action and demand Congress and the White House immediately stop these tax breaks that are displacing Puerto Ricans.
With each video we release, we organize a campaign with several groups and activists to push lawmakers to take action fast - before a homeland is lost to greedy outsiders wanting to evade taxes.
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Video #1 : Stop Rich Outsiders & Crypto From Taking Over Puerto Rico!
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Video #2: Puerto Rico's Act 22 Tax Evaders: PROMISES NOT KEPT
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Video #3: Act 22: Causing an Existential Displacement Crisis
Video #1:
"Stop Rich Outsiders & Crypto From Taking Over Puerto Rico!!"
Did you know that wealthy people are able to evade most taxes if they move to Puerto Rico? Did you know Puerto Rico is the only place in the world where Americans can move and not pay federal income taxes, without giving up their US passports? Is your community or state being deprived of tax dollars to fund public services while these millionaires get to pack up and leave to live tax free in the Caribbean? Is this hurting or helping local communities in Puerto Rico? Have you heard of Puerto Rico’s displacement and how this has made it much harder to rebuild after historic natural disasters and financial crisis? Were you aware that crypto investors are exploiting Puerto Rico and making it much harder for average Puerto Ricans to live in their own island nation? As a US colony, Puerto Rico is already at a disadvantage - rich outsiders from the states are making it that much harder.
Video #2:
"Puerto Rico's Act 22 Tax Evaders: PROMISES NOT KEPT"
In the wake of Hurricane Maria, the global crypto community launched an aid campaign on the island, exciting Puerto Ricans with financial and social promises. They came amidst the devastation claiming to help. We show that most were seeking extraordinary tax breaks, through Act 22. Did they follow through on their promises to the people of Puerto Rico, or take advantage of the island while vulnerable, just to evade taxes?
Video #3
"Act 22: Causing an Existential Displacement Crisis"
A speculative real estate bubble - caused by Americans moving to Puerto Rico for tax breaks - has increased housing costs 600% in a few short years. Puerto Ricans are fighting back, as they are in the midst of a displacement crisis.
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Our Project
Losing Puerto Rico es un proyecto de video con el propósito de educar, inspirar y activar a los boricuas en Puerto Rico y en la diáspora, así como a activistas en los Estados Unidos continentales. Muchas de las crisis que enfrenta Puerto Rico no son nuevas y son una manifestación de los problemas de raíz infligidos en la isla por el gobierno de los Estados Unidos.
Por eso es que nuestra serie de videos no es solo para la comunidad boricua… Nuestro objetivo es trabajar colectivamente para actuar y exigir que el Congreso y la Casa Blanca detengan de inmediato estas exenciones contributivas que están desplazando a los puertorriqueños.
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