Congress Should Let Puerto Rico File for Bankruptcy — And Say ‘No’ to a Bailout

Congress Should Let Puerto Rico File for Bankruptcy — And Say ‘No’ to a Bailout

In recent days, both Kevin Williamson of National Review and AEI's Ben Zycher have come out against extending bankruptcy protections to Puerto Rico. They raise good points, but a recent National Review columnist disagreed with their conclusion, saying that in the absence of those protections, we could well see a taxpayer bailout of the island, which would be worse.