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Top academics slam Puerto Rico Self-Determination Act
The Hill via msn ^
| 13 Apr 2021
| Rafael Bernal
Posted on 04/13/2021 7:30:15 PM PDT by blueplum
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PR wants a designer statehood. The only benefit of 'free association' to the USA is military, and then only under certain conditions depending on the whims of the 'independent' nation who can choose to, or not to, support US military activities. In a post-cold-war environment, it's more a take and no give arrangement that has outlived its usefulness.
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posted on
04/13/2021 7:30:15 PM PDT
by
blueplum
To: blueplum
The government of Puerto Rico ran a Ponzi Scheme for years.
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posted on
04/13/2021 7:32:29 PM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
To: blueplum
"There are two, and only two, real self-determination options for Puerto Rico: statehood and independence."
3: PR could always be rejoined with the totally Hispanic Spain.
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posted on
04/13/2021 7:35:05 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: blueplum
For years these clowns wanted independence. Now they want their cake and to be able to eat it too.
F*ck them. They live on an island that could print its own money from tourism but they choose sitting on their a$$es and waiting on those government checks to drop.
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posted on
04/13/2021 7:35:10 PM PDT
by
qaz123
To: blueunicorn6
And how much crap did President Trump catch for calling out all the corruption, only to be proven 100% correct on all of it.
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posted on
04/13/2021 7:37:05 PM PDT
by
qaz123
To: qaz123
I used to tell people on Guam that the current status was better than ether statehood or independence. It was a hard sell.
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posted on
04/13/2021 7:39:19 PM PDT
by
Fai Mao
(It is time, past time and almost too late.)
To: blueplum
Independence, we do not want them as a state.
The people trying to turn us into North Mexico want them to be a state. The first Spanish speaking state.
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posted on
04/13/2021 7:39:41 PM PDT
by
Lurkinanloomin
(Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents)(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
To: qaz123
The best option would befit them to have open borders towards the US to welcome tourists, just like the Philippines.
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posted on
04/13/2021 7:40:12 PM PDT
by
Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults. )
To: blueplum
These idiots only care because they want the two liberal Senators they would get out of statehood.
They can go pound sand.
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posted on
04/13/2021 7:50:13 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Folks, if you haven't yet, please start an automatic monthly for Jim and his crew.)
To: Jonty30
Phillipines. I had to show a departure ticket to get into the country.
To: blueplum
Trade PR to China in exchange for all our debt they hold.
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posted on
04/13/2021 7:55:36 PM PDT
by
clintonh8r
(Truth is hate speech to those who hate the truth.)
To: blueplum
Independence it is, then.
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posted on
04/13/2021 7:56:11 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: blueplum
How does Puerto Rico benefit us? Unless there’s a very good answer, expel it. “Once a State, always a State” does not apply to territories (e.g., the Philippines).
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posted on
04/13/2021 7:56:42 PM PDT
by
Repeal 16-17
(Let me know when the Shooting starts.)
To: Lurkinanloomin
And meanwhile, Hawaii should be independent too, restore the monarchy.
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posted on
04/13/2021 7:56:47 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: dfwgator
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posted on
04/13/2021 7:59:38 PM PDT
by
Lurkinanloomin
(Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents)(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
To: cll
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posted on
04/13/2021 7:59:48 PM PDT
by
KC_Lion
To: Jonty30
Can you imagine if we had made the Philippines a state, with now over 100 million people, almost 3 times that of California.
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posted on
04/13/2021 8:01:53 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: DIRTYSECRET
I’m from Canada and I didn’t have to show anything, other than my passport. I went twice.
I didn’t even have to answer any questions.
Maybe it is because I lookso innocent
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posted on
04/13/2021 8:02:53 PM PDT
by
Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults. )
To: dfwgator
The House would have about 140 Filipino representatives. Your country would have been finished budgetwise.
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posted on
04/13/2021 8:04:22 PM PDT
by
Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults. )
To: blueplum
One way I would allow PR in the country. Make it the sixth borough of New York City.
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posted on
04/13/2021 8:07:57 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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