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Is Puerto Rican Independence The Only Way To Prevent Puerto Rican Statehood? (Vanity)
Self | November 6, 2015 | Self

Posted on 11/06/2025 5:16:39 PM PST by mbrfl

With talk of ending the filibuster increasing, it's worth considering the effect that doing so may have on efforts to grant Puerto Rico statehood. The threat of adding two virtually guaranteed Democratic Senators to Congress via Puerto Rican statehood is often given as a reason to oppose the filibuster. On the other side of the argument are those who say that the Democrats will just eliminate the filibuster anyway, next time they come back into power so not doing so now is just a postponement of the inevitable.

If ending the filibuster is inevitable, is granting Puerto Rico its independence the only way to permanently take Puerto Rican statehood off the table? Thoughts?


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To: mbrfl

Puerto Rico would be insane to become a state. They pay no income tax - personal or corporate.


41 posted on 11/07/2025 5:24:17 AM PST by Repulican Donkey
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To: Cronos

Interesting. Thank you. I like Puerto Rico and thought about living there at one time. But


42 posted on 11/07/2025 7:37:44 AM PST by tinamina (Remember when Biden said “we have developed the most sophisticated voting fraud system ever”)
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