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While it is true that PR is not East Harlem, the fact remains that as of the late 1990s, a slight majority of the population received the EBT food card from DC. This card, btw, is the latest version of "food stamps." PR is dependent on the US government for much of its employment (direct or indirect), to say nothing of the nice tax breaks the pharm industry gets to bring operations there.

Let's not kid ourselves, PR would be the poorest state in the union and one which would score low in key cultural indicators (high illegitmacy rate, low education levels compared to the mainland). Much like Hawaii, it would be a solidly Democratic state, due to all of those factors. Remember that the "Statehood Party" of Hawaii was pro-Republican, but the people voted Democrat anyway once statehood was achieved for cultural and economic issues. There's also the issue of language. If PR became a state you can forget about the U.S. ever making English the official language (not that I think it would happen anyway), as Spanish was, is, and will always be the FIRST language of PR.

I think we've already gone down this road before. Nevertheless, I'm happy to see you posting again Cll. Buena suerte a ti.