Alaska Ping
Posted on 06/21/2017 6:34:42 AM PDT by cll
Thanks, padre.
PR deserves NOTHING
Get your FINANCIAL HOUSE IN ORDER
That is a useful thought.
I speak the simple truth. They are family, and we don’t discard family. We have deep, deep ties of blood and sacrifice.
And we don’t need more Spanish speaking grifters that will purposely speak Spanish even when they know English to hide their conversations when an American is present if they are speaking to another Spanish speaking Rican or Mexican.
Puerto Rico has worst money problems than Illinois thanks to the Democrats that have run it into the ground. The only reason they want statehood now is because they’ve run out of money.
If Alaskans want them to join, then let them pay their bills first.
No Puerto Rico star. It would mess up the star layout on the flag!
With Alaska we got oil and beautiful terrain.
With PR, what do we get except a bankrupt welfare state and a bunch of whiny freeloaders?
No comparison.
PR already has it’s star. Cut em loose, or give them back to Spain.
“DC should not be a state, but there is no question that DC residents should be able to vote for president. “
The District of Columbia was originally created from 100 square miles donated by the states of Virginia and Maryland. In 1846 the 31 square miles donated by Virginia was returned to Virginia by the federal government.
The solution for DC is to return the 69 square miles donated by Maryland to Maryland with the exception of the federal buildings, parkland, and museums located along and near the mall. This would include the White House, executive office building, Capitol, Supreme Court building, archives, Smithsonian, executive office building of the President, Washington Monument, and several other memorials. The residents of the District of Columbia, with the exception of those residing in the White House (president and family), would become citizens of Maryland and vote in Maryland elections. The President and his family residing in the White House would vote in their home state(s).
As to Puerto Rico, it is bankrupt. Politics aside, there are no advantages to the people in other states to bring Puerto Rico into the union. The advantages lie with the citizens of Puerto Rico who will plead with Congress to bail out their state and continue to subsidize their fiscal irresponsibility. That alone is reason enough for Congress to reject statehood for Puerto Rico.
Alaska Ping
"...admit Puerto Rico as a state..."
I know very little about PR. Wha I know I gleamed from West Side Story! Just haven’t followed it. But does it have any potential? If they could curb the rampant crime, could it become a desirable vacation destination? Cut out Mexico?
Get lost, socialist welfare state of PR!
Fifty one stars would make our flag look really goofy. No thanks!
How would 51 stars on our flag be apportioned ?
DC residents vote for president; the District of Columbia has electors in the electoral college.
Three rows of nine and three rows of eight.
> there is no question that DC residents should be able to vote for president <
Yep. And have proper Congressional representation as well. No taxation without representation, and all that.
The problem is that DC is too darn big. There should be a small federal district - federal offices, monuments, etc. - but no residential buildings. Give most of DC to Maryland. (Sorry, Maryland FReepers.)
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