Everybody is “waiting” for the Fiscal Control Board in hopes that it will “give” us something. It remains to be seen which programs they would implement, etc. But why can’t we do something for ourselves?
For years it has been a customary practice to provide incentives to large foreign companies and chain stores that decide to land in Puerto Rico, from the very moment they plan to settle here.
In the two years since the government passed Laws 20 and 22, some 900 companies have gotten decrees and generated more than $1.4 million in economic activity in Puerto Rico through new operations and exports, a study revealed Tuesday by the Economic Development and Commerce Department showed.