Puerto Rico
In the future we will absorb this 3rd world nation into statehood. Perfect.
Puerto Rico
In the future we will absorb this 3rd world nation into statehood. Perfect.
seeya
dan
I'm just one stomach flu away from my goal weight.
Good, I need some "domestic" Rum.
Aging is an extraordinary process where you become the person you always should have been.--David Bowie.
It's been this 50/50 split for decades. They're more divided than we are, if that's possible. lol. Don't see it happening b/c the margin is still very small. It will also dramatically increase the budget b/c of the big number of people in poverty there who will then receive benefits.
Personally I think we need to annex Switzerland and make a withdrawal.
I thought we had 57 states
It was close on the first part which is do we change it. The second part about voting for statehood was not close (around 61% voting for). I mean all things considered they are a territory.Originally Posted by CitizenBBN
Personally, I say welcome. Will it be easy, nope. That being said we are a diverse country so welcome to the party, HAHA!
The name of the 51st state?
The Welfare State.
Aging is an extraordinary process where you become the person you always should have been.--David Bowie.
Hate to see this. Puerto Rico gets a heck of a lot of money already and does a horrible, horrible job of using it and equally troubling--accounting for its use.
I say shove off and see if we can sell it to Cuba. The Pacific Rim territories have a great strategic importance so we have to keep them. PR is not a great place. I'd much rather visit the Bahamas.
Didn't Joe Biden proclaim that Hawaii was the 51st state?
I keep getting confused....which one was the 57th????
Nirvana
seeya
dan
I'm just one stomach flu away from my goal weight.
IMO the state we seemed to have just voted in is Denial.
Two comments from Puerto Ricans:
“We’re doing okay, but we could do better. We would receive more benefits, a lot more financial help.”
"I like to be in America, everything free in America..."
Anyone surprised?
Their unemployment rate is 15%, well below that of several counties in East Kentucky.
changing my signature to change our luck.
Sounds like another red state to me!
Sounds like the Obama electric. More looking to vote for Santa 365 days a year. I hope we have a say in whether they are allowed to come in or not.
I was stationed in Puerto Rico for awhile, we lived in a tent city while building a base camp. The beaches and water were awsome!! You had either dirt poor or rich is what I remember. We would go to San Juan on week ends and would list all the places where we were not allowed to go and go there, had a lot of fun. I remember UDT trained there, a really great group. Really one of the fun places I have been.
If Puerto Rico becomes a state wouldn't they then become a reciprocating state with their laws making Boob Knight wanted in all of the other 50 states.
"I have touched all the so-called capitals of basketball, but when it gets down to the short stroke, the only true capital of basketball is in Lexington." AL McGuire
I've changed my mind. I'm all for statehood now.
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