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AI Summary
- Federal law requires nearly all taxes on rum sold in the U.S. to be sent to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, generating over $700 million annually
- In 2008, the U.S. Virgin Islands convinced Captain Morgan to relocate operations from Puerto Rico to St. Croix, triggering the 'Rum Wars' between the territories
- The episode traces how a program designed to help these territories turned them into bitter rivals fighting over rum tax revenues and production, affecting hundreds of jobs