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Probably not a big worry right now. Wouldn't it take 37 of the existing states (75%) to approve Puerto Rico's statehood? הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים | |||
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| Get my pies outta the oven!  |
Jerry Seinfeld is the USA and that chick who wants a hug is PR trying to become a state:  | |||
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Didn't we close the base because of PR's never ending protests of having it there? They screwed themselves on that one I believe. | |||
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| Go ahead punk, make my day |
Yeah, lets create a state that will give the Ds two more senate seats...  Not. Gonna. Happen. This. | |||
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Exactly this. | |||
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| Big Stack |
As long as the Republicans control congress, this isn't going to happen. As soon as the Dems get it back, it will. | |||
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+1 _________________________________________________________________________ “A man’s treatment of a dog is no indication of the man’s nature, but his treatment of a cat is. It is the crucial test. None but the humane treat a cat well.” -- Mark Twain, 1902 | |||
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Info Guru |
No, it's up to Congress to decide and the president has to sign the resolution - so we at least have a chance of preventing it as long as Trump is in office! https://politics.stackexchange...art-of-united-states Bottom line is, Congress gets to decide, so long as they aren't taking land from another state. So, how does the process typically work? Note, some of this comes from this source. The proposed state votes on the matter. The proposed state officially petitions Congress for Statehood. The proposed state must make sure it is following the constitution for its government. Both the Senate and the House vote with a majority to accept the state. The president signs the bill. Now, what does Congress typically impose? Some population minimum Speaking English has sometimes been a requirement, to an extent. (Source) Prior to slavery being abolished, there were requirements to balance the number of slave vs free states. “Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” - John Adams | |||
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Who else? |
Governor Rossello ran on having Puerto Rico a US State. Of course he is grasping at straws with these anemic voting results - he has nowhere to go - and his back is against the wall. He is seeking a payoff. A buyout. Their financial situation is worse than any US city or state - it's worse even than Greece. He HAS to push this, because Puerto Ricans have run up their credit card way over any debt approached or exceeded by any of the other 57 states (couldn't resist). The terms of their unofficial bankruptcy established a board to oversee and direct their spending for them, since they can't seem to stop themselves whipping out the credit card. The board has been reviewing the books, and is about to lower the boom on the 3.5 million residents of the island. They have 875,000 government workers. That's 25% of the population. 1 out of every 4 people in Puerto Rico gets a government check, health care and a pension. They have crafted and mastered the ability to be 'on the dole'. They KNOW that the governing board has taken notice of that (among other things) and the likely recommendation is going to be they must get that number down to maybe 1 in 10, and that's being generous. Many of them know it's coming - and about 350,000 have arrived stateside in the last year alone, to avoid the trimming. Conservative numbers are 65% of them are drawing welfare, even after a year in country. | |||
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| Muzzle flash aficionado  |
To start with, do those arrivals speak English? flashguy Texan by choice, not accident of birth | |||
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Puerto Rico has voted to become the 51st State No. | |||
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Unhyphenated American |
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| Savor the limelight |
Give'm to Egypt. They are in denial as it is. | |||
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| Who else? |
Honestly, whether they speak English or not doesn't concern me. It's that they speak communist, freeloader, graft, America hate and FSA (Free Shit Army) so well. | |||
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"Member" |
And what's in it for us? I don't know about where you live, but there's no shortage of Puerto Ricans here. _____________________________________________________ Sliced bread, the greatest thing since the 1911. | |||
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delicately calloused |
I have a friend who is a Pudderikkan -that's how he pronounces it- he says that Pudderikkans already get welfare subsidies from the States. The reason the didn't want to be a State before is that then they'd have to pay income taxes. Then he reversed himself and said none of them would have to pay since they are all on the welfare. lol He doesn't want Pudderikko to be a State either. You’re a lying dog-faced pony soldier | |||
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Not just no, HELL NO! Gather all their shit in one pail first! We don't need them voting themselves more bennies with senators and representatives. Figure it out first, THEN come talk to us. | |||
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Don't Panic |
What is the value to the US of converting a tropical island - remote from our borders and with an ethnically and linguistically distinct population - from a possession to a state, if it's going to wind up consistently with two Democrat senators and one Democrat representative? Trick question, of course. That was a question from 1959 when we went from 49 to 50.  | |||
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More like 5. Per the 2010 census and staying at 435. Some states would lose representatives. *************************** Knowing more by accident than on purpose. | |||
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