Future of Puerto Rico

[Kaine for Senate '18]

I'd like to see them become a State.

[??????????]

Let the leaches go, it's long past due.

Racist much?

How is that racist? They have been leaching off the govt. and they hardly pay any taxes.

[Vepres]

I'd like to see them become a State.

At some point we have to make their voters decide if they want to be a state or a country.

[Ronnie]

Status quo.

They'd vote for quite leftist dems, Xahar...

Yes, but the flag!

It wouldn't look THAT bad:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/US_flag_51_stars.svg/380px-US_flag_51_stars.svg.png

[Rowan]

Gee, I wonder why people here picked 51st state, could it be that they want basically more free EV's to the Dems?

[Tender Branson]

Gee, I wonder why people here picked 51st state, could it be that they want basically more free EV's to the Dems?

77% on this Forum are Democrats ?

[bgwah]

Gee, I wonder why people here picked 51st state, could it be that they want basically more free EV's to the Dems?

Gee, I wonder why Republicans oppose D.C. statehood? Is it because they don't want two Democratic (and probably black) Senators?

[7,052,770]

Let the leaches go, it's long past due.

Racist much?

How is that racist? They have been leaching off the govt. and they hardly pay any taxes.

It's not so much what he said, but the sentiment in general.  Is there any reason to oppose statehood, ie giving full natural-born US citizens the right of representation and voice in presidential elections, other than bigotry toward Puetro Ricans or the Spanish language?

[7,052,770]

Gee, I wonder why people here picked 51st state, could it be that they want basically more free EV's to the Dems?

Anyone who cares about what America means would support statehood, regardless of what party the new state would vote for.

[??????????]

Let the leaches go, it's long past due.

Racist much?

How is that racist? They have been leaching off the govt. and they hardly pay any taxes.

It's not so much what he said, but the sentiment in general.  Is there any reason to oppose statehood, ie giving full natural-born US citizens the right of representation and voice in presidential elections, other than bigotry toward Puetro Ricans or the Spanish language?

They do get a lot of benefits that they otherwise wouldn't have as US citizens and the govt should force them to make a choice. I know enough Puerto Ricans and I've had this discussion before.

[Vepres]

Gee, I wonder why Republicans oppose D.C. statehood? Is it because they don't want two Democratic (and probably black) Senators?

The capital is not part of a state for a reason. The state government would have much more influence than the others.

[Rowan]

Gee, I wonder why people here picked 51st state, could it be that they want basically more free EV's to the Dems?

Gee, I wonder why Republicans oppose D.C. statehood? Is it because they don't want two Democratic (and probably black) Senators?

They shouldn't even have 3 EV's to begin with.

[7,052,770]

Let the leaches go, it's long past due.

Racist much?

How is that racist? They have been leaching off the govt. and they hardly pay any taxes.

It's not so much what he said, but the sentiment in general.  Is there any reason to oppose statehood, ie giving full natural-born US citizens the right of representation and voice in presidential elections, other than bigotry toward Puetro Ricans or the Spanish language?

They do get a lot of benefits that they otherwise wouldn't have as US citizens and the govt should force them to make a choice. I know enough Puerto Ricans and I've had this discussion before.

I can agree with that, but surely they would vote for statehood over being cast loose?

They shouldn't even have 3 EV's to begin with.

Your partisanship is incredible...or do you actually believe in taxation without representation?  It is a grave injustice what we do to the people in our nation's capital (!), not allowing them a say in Congress, and now you want to take their presidential vote away too, just because it doesn't vote the way you want it to?

[bgwah]

Gee, I wonder why people here picked 51st state, could it be that they want basically more free EV's to the Dems?

Gee, I wonder why Republicans oppose D.C. statehood? Is it because they don't want two Democratic (and probably black) Senators?

They shouldn't even have 3 EV's to begin with.

Thank you for proving my point.

[justfollowingtheelections]

Let the leaches go, it's long past due.

Racist much?

How is that racist? They have been leaching off the govt. and they hardly pay any taxes.

It's not so much what he said, but the sentiment in general.  Is there any reason to oppose statehood, ie giving full natural-born US citizens the right of representation and voice in presidential elections, other than bigotry toward Puetro Ricans or the Spanish language?

They do get a lot of benefits that they otherwise wouldn't have as US citizens and the govt should force them to make a choice. I know enough Puerto Ricans and I've had this discussion before.

I can agree with that, but surely they would vote for statehood over being cast loose?

I'm not so sure about that to be honest.  I think such an election would be much closer than many believe it would be.  I agree though.  Territories need to either become states or independent.

[Rowan]

Gee, I wonder why people here picked 51st state, could it be that they want basically more free EV's to the Dems?

Gee, I wonder why Republicans oppose D.C. statehood? Is it because they don't want two Democratic (and probably black) Senators?

They shouldn't even have 3 EV's to begin with.

Thank you for proving my point.

My point being, they should be part of either Maryland or Virginia(most likely Maryland because land was taken from MD to form DC).

[opebo]

Reminds me of Taiwan.

[Platypus]

Give each of the territories a voting member of congress, and force Puerto Ricans to either become independent or a state.