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And debt problem and the key is the investments coming back into the u.s. encouraging exports, and the pass-throughs, all of the small businesses that are currently taxed at 39.6%, their tax rate would drop to 25. and small businesses invest every spare dollar they have in growth of their companies, which is jobs. it is sustainable and certainly, in western new york we've been devastated by the loss of the manufacturing jobs, which is what we need to come back. elizabeth: right. >> so i do believe that we can get to a 3 or 3 1/2% year over year growth just based on this kind of investment and ...

Islands, also an american territory has been covered in glory. >> one thing we see in common here is that people who live in puerto rico and the u.s. virgin islands do not have the ability to vote in the general election for president and i think so it's not only about the color of their skin, but the second class citizenship that is extremely unfortunate. i think that if they had a vote, if they had a sway in the electoral college, that would make a difference. puerto ricans living on the u.s. mainland have a vote. in florida or new york or anywhere else, they have a vote. but puerto rico, th...

To his base? what are your thoughts? >> this is trump. you saw him on the campaign trail and president he's always going to be counterpunching. i don't think it's a move toward his base, i just think his reacting toward criticism of the federal government's response. >> but there's a sort of sense of racism in it, isn't there? would you agree? >> i've talked to the members of the congressional hispanic caucus. they said if puerto rico was a state, the response would be different. the perception is a reality in politics. this is going to take forever to clean up, because remember, before the hu...

To vote in the general election for president and i think so it's not only about the color of their skin, but the second class citizenship that is extremely unfortunate. i think that if they had a vote, if they had a sway in the electoral college, that would make a difference. the puerto ricans have a vote in florida, new york, anywhere else but in puerto rico, they don't. i think that also influences the president's response in this case. but this is a much larger problem here as she says, a lack of sympatempathy but putting bl puerto rico itself. you have a debt problem and see how much we c...

But this is a much larger problem here as she says, a lack of empathy but putting blame on puerto rico itself. you have a debt problem and see how much we can do to help you. it's incredible. >> the last word. >> the 1 million puerto ricans live in florida. it's the largest population outside of the island at the moment, so we have to be the voice for the island. we have to be the voice and put the pressure on the administration and i believe that within the congressional delegation and the senate delegation in florida, they're going to understand that this has consequences. >> that's absolute...