The next referendum will be two choices, statehood or independence.
Guess which they’ll choose.
It was the weasel Eric Cantor’s vote for that bill that made me determined to see that he was removed from office.
Why the hell would Bush want more RAT senators, RAT reps and RAT electoral votes by giving statehood to Puerto Rico?
OK - Jeb Bush is just doing a bit. It’s gotta be some kind of comedy routine. It’s like he’s looking for way to alienate conservatives. Some time before the convention he’s gonna say “Just kidding folks”
The more this guy opens his mouth, makes his brother look smarter and smarter all the time....
Where would we put another star on the American flag? That would cost taxpayers a fortune for the flag change.
But,but,but it’s the most pressing issue of the day!!
Sheesh Jeb is such a LOSER!
Jeb is mighty interested in Hispanic issues. How about the rest of us, Jeb. Oh never mind, doesn’t matter, you won’t get the job anyway. We’ll make sure of that.
Puerto Rico has the best of both worlds as a “Commonwealth”, period.
Same currency, citizenship, no taxes, protection of the USA.....representation in Congress but no vote is a very small price to pay for all of the ‘goodies’ they get.
That is the opinion of the Puerto Rican intelligentsia.
They have the right to vote whether they want to be a state and we have the right to decide if we want them to be a state.
His mother is a liberal idiot too.
Puerto Rico Ping! Please Freepmail me if you want on or off the list.
And so, Jeb "Propeller Beanie" Bush speaks again, but Archie Bonkers would not approve.
Combined PING! and DANG!
Mostly good points, but one implied one that I am uncomfortable with. PR has indeed had multiple chances to vote for statehood and the people have said no. That’s fine, it’s their choice. If they want in, it should be require a super majority of at least 60%.
That said I am not wild about NRO’s implied opposition to statehood on principal. We have owned PR since Teddy Roosevelt (the original neo-con) stole it from Spain (who had stolen it from its indigenous population) back in 1898. Since then the people of that island territory have enjoyed many, though not all of the privileges of being Americans. And more importantly, tens of thousands of Puerto Ricans have died fighting for this country. As far as I’m concerned, if and when they decide they want statehood, then they are in. The right to statehood has been bought and paid for by the blood of their people.
The other stuff is side issues that we can deal with if and when it becomes necessary.
Would be our poorest state (half the per-capita income of Mississippi) and the only one where English was not the predominant language. And would absolutely guarantee two Democrats in the Senate for all eternity.
Actually, we should re-invigorate the 10th Amendment, and repeal the 17th Amendment, and return the states to their constitutional level of autonomy.
I would welcome Puerto Rico on that basis.
There should only be two choices..Statehood or Independence
Jeb is a poorly informed goofball trying to find another way to pander to Hispanics.
But he needs to do a little research.
The majority of Puerto Ricans consistently say NO to proposals of statehood.
Here is one BIG reason:
Puerto Ricans are exempt from paying federal income taxes.
It is estimated that if they had to pay income taxes it would take about $2 billion a year out of their pockets.
Yeah, let’s add more welfare states where they don’t speak English to the united states, maybe we can take Quebec from Canada too. I’m sure the rest of Canada sure as hell wouldn’t miss it.
I guess the Pro-Regressive left would LOVE to add more “defacto blue states” to the united states...
I wonder if this is the preliminary “groundwork” t5 counter the convention of the states movements.
If they can add enough states to make 3/4 of the states “Blue” then it will really be “Game over man, game over...”
Imagine if they could add “D.C.”, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, etc... as states....
Then they could steamroll over the entire midwest, and this would be seen as a prelude to a civil war.