Posted on 03/04/2021 6:42:52 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Fifty is a nice, round number. It looks good: “The 50 States of the United States.” I can vaguely remember when it was the “good ole’ 48” states. And then Alaska and Hawaii entered the union and 48 became 50. Back then, we all looked around and didn’t see any more room for a state. The U.S. was full up and we posted a “no vacancy” sign.
But “50” is not set in stone. There was always that holdover from the American imperial era, Puerto Rico. Following the end of the Spanish-American War, the U.S. military basically just stayed there, eventually giving the people the rights of a territory. At the time, there were other territorial governments in addition to Hawaii and Alaska in New Mexico and Arizona.
At first, the Puerto Rican people wanted independence. The first vote in 1914 was overwhelmingly in favor of the territory declaring itself an independent state. But Congress nixed the plan and that’s where the matter has rested until today.
There have been five referendums since 1967 asking Puerto Ricans if they want to be a state, declare independence, or remain a territory. The question of independence has also been debated several times in the last few decades, most recently in 2017.
Statehood has usually won these referendums but by narrow margins. The vote in 2020 for statehood or remaining a territory was 53-48, which has precipitated a movement by Democrats in Congress to vote on the island’s status.
The issue of statehood has been given a sense of urgency as the island continues to struggle in recovering from Hurricane Maria in 2017. Many residents believe that statehood would have gotten them more aid sooner. That’s debatable, but it’s clear that the island could use the extra financial help statehood would bestow.
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It doesn’t matter what we want. The Democrats are going to do what they want. Nothing we can do about it. The Democrats have learned there are no consequences for anything they do, so they do as they please, the rest of us be damned. Nope, we’re done.
Eastern California has a nice ring to it.
I think there are enough votes on the Court to keep DC statehood from happening. Constitutionally, it’s not even a close call. Despite the HUGE early disappointment in Barrett and Kavanugh and to a lessor degree, Gorsuch, I don’t think even they can ignore the plain language of the USC as it applies here.
PR is another story. Congress is fully within its power to grant statehood to that failed project.
What I’m not sure about is if they can do it with the filibuster still in place. I hope not, but I’m not sure.
DC can’t be a state. If they vote to make it a state, then Maryland can claim it and re-absorb it back into the State of Maryland from which it used to be a part of. Basically, it would become a city in Maryland.
Anyone believe the people of puerto rico want to be a state and pay federal taxes?
DC statehood? Would mean it is all over for our present form of government. The Union would begin to experience “state packing” to even things out. No end to it.
Talk about a welfare money pit and that is PR. It is OK to have a referendum down there where statehood is approved but there had better be a referendum in the USA asking the same question.
There is nothing in PR that is of any benefit to the USA. No large deposits of rare earths, oil, etc. Nothing. Vacation sites do not count. They employ a few locals but that contributes nothing positive to the USA.
Forget PR as a state.
Changing the entire nation on the basis of a massive crime.
How historical.
One can never accuse the Rats of being faint of heart when it comes to crime.
About a month ago, Schumer made a comment that he wouldn’t support PR arriving as a state. Didn’t say a lot.
If you go and view past past election numbers in PR...Republicans appear very likely to take both Senate seats if they did get state-status.
Surprised that Guam hasn’t talked their intentions. Same issue as PR....lot of enthusiasm for Republicans.
So, if PR is made a state, will all the blacks there demand a share of slave reparations because the SPANISH imported them to the island? That should be Spain’s problem.
That’s interesting. Isn’t the new Governor of PR an uber-leftist?
A lot of libs think they should try for DC first, because if they go the theoretically easier route of PR statehood they might not ever have the votes for DC which is a certain source for 2 dem senators. Also to my understanding PR itself is massively divided on the statehood question while DC is supposedly overwhelming for statehood.
Freegards
The debt of a prospective “state” HAS to be addressed, and creating a state out of PR would destroy what little economy it has now.
For the current federal oversight- appointed in March 2017- the executive director of the Financial Oversight & Management Board for Puerto Rico. Appointed by dems and repubs in 2017 Congress!! Who else but fellow grifters.See this demonrat machine plant (the Former Minister of Finance for— Ukraine under Poroshenko), an “American of Ukrainian/Russian descent.... cannot make this up (pals with Burisma and the fired Ukrainian ambassador who lied at the Trump impeachment- Russian/Canadian Voyanovych). A Ukrainian citizen appointed to Puerto Rico— what could go wrong?
NATALIE JARESKO:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalie_Jaresko
Okay, hard to argue about Puerto Rico—give them independence or make them a state. But DC, no way. Give the residential areas back to Maryland where they originated. Likely have to pay Maryland to take them back but that’d be cheaper and more realistic than making it a city-state.
RE: Okay, hard to argue about Puerto Rico—give them independence or make them a state.
Why not give them independence?
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