Posted on 06/21/2017 6:34:42 AM PDT by cll
There are more Puerto Rican names on the Vietnam Wall than from the state of Vermont, or of Montana, or of South Dakota, or of New Hampshire, etc.
It’s a fact.
Puerto Rico
http://virtualwall.org/istate/istatpr.htm
Vermont
http://virtualwall.org/istate/istatvt.htm
>>That you cannot speculate on what would island Puerto Rican voting trends would be in a new state based on mainland Hispanic voting trends.<<
Well since I didn’t make am argument based on voting trends your post is moot.
I am saying that PR offers the USA nothing. HI brought us lovely islands, AK brought us a wealth of resources. PR offers us a people who brought themselves into bankruptcy and will only make that worse. Their natural resources are paltry and we don’t need more people.
The US no longer needs to grow.
We don’t need PR in an way shape or form.
Dice adios.
Puert Rico is a beautiful island. I’ve been to both and I preferred PR. And once you get there, it isn’t thousands of miles from anywhere.
Also, geopolitically and strategically it is the lead, entry island to both Caribbean and Gulf. We would kick ourselves in the future if we let this go.
It is more than worth it. Could be an island paradise under good leadership.
We don’t need no stink’n sanctuary island
Are you being paid to lie or it's a hobby? Your claim is ridiculous. Puerto Rico is a welfare state and would vote majority Democrat. You're not fooling anyone here.
The Philippines took the freedom route and couldn't be happier. The American Indian reservations gave up their autonomy in exchange for food stamps, and couldn't be unhappier. Both California and Texas with large Hispanic populations would love to leave the USA. What's in it for Puerto Rico to suddenly want to give up their autonomy?
It would still be a democrat hell hole allowing two more senators for democrats.
so no way
The previous referendum Nov 6, 2012 asked whether to retain the Territorial Status Quo yes/no (54% No), then as a second question, listed alternative status options as a choice. <45% voted statehood, <35% chose free association, +5% voted independence, and >27% were left blank as a protest. More than 78% of the population participated.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/11/us/puerto-ricans-vote-on-the-question-of-statehood.html?_r=0
I would still say “NO!”
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