Posted on 10/03/2017 8:50:53 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Okay. No blood, no foul. ;-)
We should be the ones making the decision about what *we* will accept.
Exactly. That's where she is probably getting her marching orders from...
We have taken advantage of Puerto Rico long enough.They must be given full autonomy and set up as a separate country. There will be no additional two Democrat senators for F%^king ever and no additional Democrat Congressmen for F&*King ever. Any questions?
More like a homeless becoming a ward of the state.
All the benefits of statehood and American citizenship without having to pay federal income tax. Who’s the slave and slave owner in this relationship?
My conservative pr (and yes they exist just as there a black conservatives) friends say similar things. She is an avowed socialist who has been locking horns with the governor and other conservative minded mayors. She is getting the spotlight in the lamestream media because she furthers their narrative. I expect one of them, likely CNN, will try to get an interview with her after Trump leaves or after his remarks to be contrarian. My friend told me that just before/after the storm hit she was live on local TV (yes the local channels had generators and plenty fuel) from a shelter crying and playing the victim instead of earning her money as an elected public official.
Regards.
LOL! Good one
I think she’s more of a female Hugo Chavez.
i work in the utility industry, so most people are conservatives, even the union members. Every PR is know at work is hard-core conservative and old school RCC.
Don’t doubt you at all, I’ve seen it myself. Yet, some of the fellow posters here are of the opinion every pr is an antifa freeloading obamaite.
Regards,
“Yet, some of the fellow posters here are of the opinion every pr is an antifa freeloading obamaite.”
Same way they feel about us Bay Staters. I just ignore it-—most of the time.:-)
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Has anyone mentioned that P.R. doesn’t pay US Fed.income taxes?
I hear you. If anyone can posit a plan that results in turning California and New York into conservative states then I will be willing to entertain how to do the same in pr. We know there are good solid conservative people behind enemy lines. The are just not enough of them to take the helm away from liberals/socialists. I tend not to impune a whole geographical region just because who is in charge after elections. By that standard, the world could have labeled every American a socialist-progressive after the 2008 elections.
Regards.
Yes sir, many times over. I would add, they have no votes in either legislative branch of Congress yet all Federal laws passed by our Congress critters affect them just the same. Additionally, as a non-federal tax paying territory, they do not get to participate of ALL federal funding like the States do. So, there are real political, legal and other consequences to what is widely perceived by many to be an unfair benefit. One of these consequences being not having a say in what could affect them coming out of Congress. I do not support nor defend the islands status, just putting the facts out there. Like my sergeant used to say, “I do not have a dog in the fight.”
Regards.
Seriously! They can’t sustain themselves even WITH the help of the US Government. What makes her think they can stay viable as an independent country?
I lived in PR for about a year and a half in the late 90’s and corruption was pretty bad then. And it’s only gotten worse.
Even if you give them what they want, they will still hate this country. Just like a certain minority. They hate this country. they have special privileges, and they still hate this country. Giving them what they want will not get them to love this country.
Sometime we use more words than are needed.
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