>>That you cannot speculate on what would island Puerto Rican voting trends would be in a new state based on mainland Hispanic voting trends.<<
Well since I didn’t make am argument based on voting trends your post is moot.
I am saying that PR offers the USA nothing. HI brought us lovely islands, AK brought us a wealth of resources. PR offers us a people who brought themselves into bankruptcy and will only make that worse. Their natural resources are paltry and we don’t need more people.
The US no longer needs to grow.
We don’t need PR in an way shape or form.
Dice adios.
Puert Rico is a beautiful island. I’ve been to both and I preferred PR. And once you get there, it isn’t thousands of miles from anywhere.
Also, geopolitically and strategically it is the lead, entry island to both Caribbean and Gulf. We would kick ourselves in the future if we let this go.
It is more than worth it. Could be an island paradise under good leadership.