[SkyPilot]

Well, well, well.

Now they they are in an economic crisis due to debt, and want the free handouts to continue, they vote for statehood.

In the last few years, Puerto Rico told the US military to take a flying leap off a short pier.

Loyalty is a two way street.

Get lost Puerto Rico.

[exit82]

Now that they are $72 billion in debt, they love us.

Well, we don’t love you back.

Time to give them independence.

[GailA]

And just how are they going to get around the US Constitutional process that will take YEARS if not DECADES to get? http://www.encyclopedia.com/history/united-states-and-canada/us-history/territory

[proud American in Canada]

A majority of 23% is hardly the “voice of the majority of American citizens” of PR.

Really, apparently 77% of Puerto Ricans didn’t care enough to vote.

Is there anything in this move that would do anything except add to the massive debt and add more Dem reps/Senators?

[proud American in Canada]

A majority of 23% is hardly the “voice of the majority of American citizens” of PR.

Really, apparently 77% of Puerto Ricans didn’t care enough to vote.

Is there anything in this move that would do anything except add to the massive debt and add more Dem reps/Senators?

[ek_hornbeck]

Report: 1/3 Population of Puerto Rico Gets US Food Stamps

I remember this clip from an old "Hollywood Squares" episode:

Host: What is the official currency in Puerto Rico?

Paul Lynde: Food Stamps.

[bus man]

I’m willing to make a deal with Puerto Rico. We forgive every single penny of their debt, and in exchange we cut them loose permanently. No longer a territory, no longer a ward of the United States, they can either become their own country or attach themselves to someone else’s, as they prefer.

I would bet that the U.S. would be the long-term winner in such a deal, financially, culturally, linguistically, and every other way.