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Puerto Rico is $72 billion in debt, and it will take a painful process to bring the island's finances back from the brink.It's a massive debt load for such a small territory, and the problem can really be traced to one issue — bad tax policy.After Puerto Rico let one tax break for manufacturers expire almost a decade ago, manufacturers started shutting down operations on the island. That caused a spike in unemployment.