Puerto Rico As A State

[HumanBeast]

If Puerto Rico becomes a state within, say, the next 30 years, would that be good or bad? How would the USA gain any economic benefits from its annexation, or economic losses? As for immigration, it would probably go under siege from swarms of illegals packed like sardines in rafts and boats from Cuba and Haiti.


Any other advantages or problems that would come if PR became 51st?

[Cobra]

Good except I doubt they want to pay federal taxes or be held to some federal regulations that don't apply to them now.

[PatrickHenry]

Let them be their own nation.

[AlonzoMourning23]

Didn't they vote and decide not to be a state? They're in limbo I think, they get some funding while retaining relative autonomy and without paying costs equivalent to that funding if they were like other states.

[Cobra]

Let them be their own nation.

I think they would rather stick to being a US territory. It comes with out lot of perks other poor nations around them don't get.

[Elrathin]

They will never become a state unless forced to. They love the benefits too much as it stands.

[ViolaLee]

Good except I doubt they want to pay federal taxes or be held to some federal regulations that don't apply to them now.


I bet they'd like to vote though....I was looking up some info on PR and I found this :lmao: Seems Senator Larry 'public bathroom sex' Craig wants PR to be a state.

July 24, 1998
In Push for Puerto Rico Vote, Conservative Bent Is Stressed
By LIZETTE ALVAREZ
The Democratic Governor of Puerto Rico, pushing for a chance for his island to vote for statehood, has come up with a tempting sales pitch for the Republican-controlled Congress.

Imagine a place, Gov. Pedro J. Rossello and his lobbyists say, that opposes abortion, hands out vouchers so children can attend parochial schools, has sliced capital gains taxes, allows school pupils five minutes for prayer, and is busy privatizing many of its major industries. The place, they add, hoping to clinch the deal, is Puerto Rico.

''Puerto Rico passed the 'Contract With America,' '' said an important backer in Congress, Senator Larry E. Craig, and it is a point that the Idaho Republican never fails to make to incredulous colleagues as he pushes his legislation for a Congressionally sanctioned referendum on Puerto Rico's status. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D06E1D71239F937A15754C0A96E9582 60&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print

Maybe the Puerto Rican kids can spend that 5 minutes in school praying for Larry Craig's struggle to change his guilty plea. :thumbsup:

[Elrathin]

And one other thing. NEVER, and I mean NEVER call a Puerto Rican a Mexican. Wow I've seen many fights start because of THAT one lol.

[Buck Laser]

And one other thing. NEVER, and I mean NEVER call a Puerto Rican a Mexican. Wow I've seen many fights start because of THAT one lol.

The other side of that is not to call a Mexican a Puerto Rican.

As long as we're talking statehood here, the District of Columbia deserves statehood, too. They have no vote in congress--hence the slogan "taxation without representation." That was one of the complaints that led to a declaration of independence, as I recall.

[Truth_and_Power]

The best is if you call a cuban a mexican or a puerto rican. Smoke comes out of their ears and they pull out their 'castro knife'. Every cuban carries one, and it is there just in case they ever get the chance.. but if you call them a 'rican they will gut you with it.

[Elrathin]

The other side of that is not to call a Mexican a Puerto Rican.

True


As long as we're talking statehood here, the District of Columbia deserves statehood, too. They have no vote in congress--hence the slogan "taxation without representation." That was one of the complaints that led to a declaration of independence, as I recall.


The difference is that Puerto Rico turned DOWN the request to become a state. They actually voted and said they don't want it.

[Truth_and_Power]

There were good reasons that DC was not made a state in the first place. The founding fathers did not think it a good idea to make any state above the others in the sense that the capital would be there. I know the rep's/senators are supposed to represent their home state, but for all intents and purposes they all live half their lives in DC.. it would be hard not to favor it.

[Buck Laser]

There were good reasons that DC was not made a state in the first place. The founding fathers did not think it a good idea to make any state above the others in the sense that the capital would be there. I know the rep's/senators are supposed to represent their home state, but for all intents and purposes they all live half their lives in DC.. it would be hard not to favor it.

Congress pretty much runs DC as it is. Statehood would force them to give up that control. I suspect that they are loathe to do it because the population of the District is overwhelmingly black.