Posted on 04/28/2010 7:23:17 AM PDT by patriotgal1787
Last night on his TV show, Glenn Beck dropped another bombshell -- on Thursday, Congress will take up a bill to make Peurto Rico a state. Why is our Congress doing this now? Secretly? Quickly? If it hadn't been for one of Beck's "Refounders" (a Congressional insider), would we even know about this? Wy is this important to you and me?
Well, the word is out, and my local 9-12/Tea party organization sent this out this morning. First thing to hit my mailbox, in fact...
There is a bill to make Puerto Rico a state. Again, they are trying to pull one over on us and on Puerto Ricans, who have consistently said they do not want to become a state. Read below for more information (from Eagle Forum). This was also discussed by Rep Tom Price on a conference call yesterday.
Please consider this:
* The U.S. would transform, overnight, into a bilingual nation. At least half of Puerto Ricans do not speak English, the language of our U.S. Constitution and founding documents. The Washington Times article, "Puerto Rican statehood," analyzes all the implications of adding a foreign language-speaking state to the Union.
* It would bring immediate demands for massive federal spending. The average income of Puerto Ricans is less than half that of our poorest state, and infrastructure and the environment are far below American standards. Puerto Rico has a population with a median national income of $17,741, nearly a third below that for the U.S.
* Puerto Rico is already a democracy. Despite the bill's deceptive title, Puerto Rico already has an elected government and exists as a self-governed commonwealth of the U.S.
* Statehood would give Puerto Rico more congressional representation than 25 of our 50 states! It would inevitably give Democrats two additional U.S. Senators and 6 to 8 additional Members of the House.
H.R. 2499 is stealth legislation designed to lead to the admission of Spanish-speaking Puerto Rico as the 51st state, thereby making us a de facto bilingual nation, like Canada. The U.S. Congress should not be forcing Puerto Ricans to vote on statehood, especially since the Puerto Rican people have rejected statehood three times since 1991!
No Member of Congress who describes himself as a limited government, fiscal conservative should be casting a YEA vote for H.R. 2499, as Puerto Rican statehood would cause an immediate increase in federal expenditures, particularly for taxpayer-funded welfare state services.
Sponsored by Puerto Rican delegate Pedro Pierluisi (D), the Puerto Rico Democracy Act (H.R. 2499) - which has reared its ugly head a number of times over the past few congresses but has yet to have any success - would require Puerto Ricans to hold a national referendum to decide if they want Puerto Rico to remain a self-governing U.S. commonwealth, or become the 51st state.
The referendum would be set up as two plebiscites which would effectively deceive Puerto Ricans into voting for statehood. In the first round of votes, the Puerto Rican people would be given the choice between remaining a U.S. territory and "pursuing a different political status." If the majority votes to maintain the status quo, this bill would require that Puerto Rico vote on this same issue every eight years.
If the majority votes for "different status," a second round of votes would be held where Puerto Ricans would choose either statehood or independence-the status quo of "U.S. territory" would not even be an option! In other words, the two ballots would be rigged to favor the outcome of statehood, overriding the wishes of Americans and Puerto Ricans who want to maintain the current commonwealth status.
* Contact your US congressmen AND * Take quick action here: http://www.capwiz.com/eagleforum/issues/alert/?alertid=14966151&type=CO
So this is how Barry plans to take over the world...
This is not about what Puerto Ricians want, it about the power to take 6 Congress seats away from Red States and seat 2 new Progressive Democrat Senators.
At least we will get a tan.
They are in a hurry, aren’t they? Or is it arrogance?
Under the Tennessee rule, the minute they vote for Statehood, they get 2 Senators and 6 Congress seats. Those 6 Congress seats have to come from existing districts due to the law that caps the total number of Representatives If Nov goes as bad for them as it sounds, that could be enough to maintain the Democrat majorities.
It apparently will allow former PR residents to vote in the referendum even if they live in any of the other states.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2502174/posts?page=7#7
That’s like saying I can vote in Texas because I lived there for a few months back in te early 80s.
I called my Congressional Rep., a Dem who wouldn’t allow his intern to say what he will do on this bill!! I argued that this Congress keeps foisting laws on reluctant people, and here is yet another example....
Which is why they want to include the vote of anyone of Puerto Rican extraction here in the US. They believe they can get enough votes that way to tip the balance.
This is not about what Puerto Ricians want, it about the power to take 6 Congress seats away from Red States and seat 2 new Progressive Democrat Senators.
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Hell, not only a 1/3 don’t want to be a state another third wants to be a soverign nation according to the last poll I saw.
Which is why they want to include the vote of anyone of Puerto Rican extraction here in the US. They believe they can get enough votes that way to tip the balance.
This is not about what Puerto Ricians want, it about the power to take 6 Congress seats away from Red States and seat 2 new Progressive Democrat Senators.
“If this crap passes, it begs the obvious question as to what would prevent Guam, the Virgin Islands or even some non-U.S. Territory like Jamaica or Haiti from applying for stealth statehood by this same method? “
Do you mean “What would prevent Non-Representative Congresscritters from secretly forcing statehood upon unsuspecting Territories?”
this is the one and only reason.
¿Que? = What?
The democrat party is a massive criminal enterprise with undertones of fascist federal oligarchical controls. Soon, theyt will abandon any pretense of seeking votes. Once they crash the U.S. economy and institute cap&tax, and amnesty, they will no longer need to deceive voters, just ignore them.
We acquired PR as a territory as a result of the Spanish-American War in 1898 along with Cuba, Guam, and the Philippines. We should cut them loose like Cuba and the Philippines. We share a different culture and history. And pragmatically, we don't need them strategically unlike Guam, which has become more important to us militarily.
Thanks for making that distinction. Have made the change at my site —
Best,
Patriot Gal
So as usual, I'm confused.
BO fears November. Democrat party is dirty.
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