... Rep. José Serrano [D-NY16]
Posted on 04/28/2010 4:47:55 PM PDT by yoe
Last night (Tuesday) on his TV show, Glenn Beck dropped another bombshell — on Thursday, Congress will take up a bill to make Puerto 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? Why 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 of 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)
Are you certain....or just young picture of same man. I cannot find 2 Reps Lois Gutierrez....
same photo
During his eight terms in the U.S. House, Congressman Luis V. Gutierrez has worked to establish himself as an effective legislator and energetic spokesman on behalf of his constituents in Illinois’ Fourth District
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rep-luis-gutierrez/#blogger_bio
“Thanks for not explaining anything”
I apologize...I meant to provide a link. He actually goes into a little more depth than the article, i.e., The New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=221HPogZUyY
Well, ever since they rammed ObamaCare through, against the will of The People, and every week a new outrage is found within the body of the bill... their hair is pretty much on fire, as far as November is concerned.
Beck is now saying the bill is 45 mins.
away from the first vote on Puerto Rico.
CALL YOUR CONGRESSCRITTERS.
Do you think Obama and Company will get that civil war they have been working on 24/7 since January 20, 2009?
I call the Democrat ones Communists and Traitors. The Republicans have many RINOS in the herd.
With Obama Marxists, Inc. manufacturing a crisis per day, hard as we try, it’s difficult to follow all the peas in his multiple shell games.
and this from Sept 2009
Rigging the route to a 51st state
By EDDIE GARCIA
Posted: 2:49 AM, September 28, 2009
“Well, ever since they rammed ObamaCare through, against the will of The People, and every week a new outrage is found within the body of the bill... their hair is pretty much on fire, as far as November is concerned.”
I agree, I just thought they would try to hide their feelings.
He is not a progressive. You may despise him but please stay truthful.
Maybe we are talking about two different things. Sorry if that is the case. I thought you were referring to this exchange between Rep. Jose Serrano with Thomas and maybe confussing the two:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2494290/posts
You may be talking about something else and I misunderstood.
Denying it is dishonest.
Please defend your position. Why do you consider JM a socialist?
... Rep. José Serrano [D-NY16]
Whoops!
“Why do you consider JM a socialist?”
You’re not serious? ‘Cause for a moment there I thought you were!
No biggie....I get confused all the time...LOL. We still know 95% more about what really is going on in our country than 100% of the state run media....(grin).
FYI ping on Gutierrez & his real agenda (related to post # 148)
Post from Liz:
RECONQUISTA IN ARIZONA planning the takeover; tax funds used to thwart the will of the people
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2503121/posts?page=8#8
Bookmarking your post. Fixing to leave town. Please keep me pinged to anything you find interesting and I will be back the end of next week. Take Care.
will do; have a safe and enjoyable trip. Please keep Glenn Beck in your prayers. Sent you a ping from the Glenn Beck thread.
Did you know legislation passed (Pact Act) which forbids cigarettes to be sent through the mail, effective July 1st? Never a peep from the MSM as even they'd have a difficult time spinning it to be 'out of concern for it's citizens'. It's to keep the tax burden States from not getting their fair share.
Great post, FRiend! No, I didn't know about the "Pact Act". And effective as soon as July 1st?? Man, this Gangster Government is moving at the speed of light... my head is spinning.
I was going to say "November can't come soon enough." Instead I'm thinking: I hope the U.S. survives intact by November 2nd... :-(
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