joining me from new york, political scientist angelo fall cone, founder of the institute for nationalicy. and a former member of the new york state assembly - author of the book war against all peurto ricans. let me start with you - the leaders of peurto rico's two main political parties have been good in recent months, pointing the fingers at each other. is there blame to go around here for how peurto rico got into the mess. >> yes, everyone in peurto rico knew that this would eventually happen, that the debt problem was unsustainable over time, there's a lot of pork, a lot of patronage, a lot of inefficiencies in the government. and at the same time as you pointed out. it's important within porto rico, as basically when everyone agrees to call it a colony of the united states, some of these problems, a lot of these problems have to do with the fact that since porto rico's take over of the united states, it's a cash cow for the country and american corporations. and has been basically, i think, undernourished financially over the last 117 years, creating problems with this - what i c