Congress debates Puerto Rico referendum (Vote Today)

Google AP ^ | April 29, 2010 | JIM ABRAMS

[Chode]

plus... the corporations that built there for the tax breaks will leave for St.Croix etc. just like Capt.Morgan's did

[unspun]

Note those Republicans that joined the majority of Democrats, in voting to force citizenship or independence upon Puerto Rico.

Remember those members of Congress who do not care for the self-determination of United States Citizens.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Red Steel.

[Chode]

same ones that want amnesty for all the illegals... traitors all.

[unspun]

same ones that want amnesty for all the illegals... traitors all.

The GOP desperately needs purging of its closet transnational progressives.

[OldArmy52]

Sell P.R. to “help reduce the deficit”?

Or does P.R. add value to the U.S.?

[Macgedos]

VOTES Is all this administration wants, they could care less for anything else or the people, just the votes of four million for 2012 that zero desperately needs for another term.

[TribalPrincess2U]

‘Rigging’ the voting process?
The commonwealth status allows the 4 million mostly Spanish-speaking Puerto Ricans to benefit from the protection of the U.S., but they are not required to pay federal income taxes on income they earn from island sources. However, they do pay federal payroll taxes for Social Security and Medicare. They currently do not vote in presidential elections and have non-voting representation in Congress.
However, some say statehood advocates are “rigging” the voting process to ensure Puerto Rico becomes a state.
In September, the New York Post reported Sen. Jose Hernandez-Mayoral of the island’s minority Popular Democratic Party declared, “Behind this innocuous bill lies a fully thought out assault on Congress to designate the island the 51st state. … With the commonwealth option out of the ballot, statehood is finally, albeit crookedly, assured a victory.” more...

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