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U.S. Virgin Islands: Use of U.S. rum-tax revenue to subsidize rum production

Measure #1551 | Published 24 Jun 2010 ▲

The government of the U.S. Virgin Islands has lured a rum producer from Puerto Rico by granting it a multi-billion dollar subsidy. The funding for that subsidy ultimately comes from the Federal government of the United States, however, and legislation pending in the U.S.

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