What are the pro's / con's of PR becoming a state?

[CoolHandLuke]

They are given USA passports so they are Americans
Although they can't vote in POTUS elections

Please tell me how they will make this country better? What will they bring to the table?

[LFD2037]

No, we were taxied to and fro, stayed in a condo, went to the beach and visited a fort and what not- you know- did touristy stuff.

But whatever.
I guess my limited exposure with my simple mind should void any opinion I formed while I was there.
Pot holed streets and empty buildings partitioned off with cyclone fencing must have been a figment of my imagination.



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Never mind him. He's a tool.

[boy wonder]

Median incomes:
USA - $51k
PR - $19k
You decide who loses and who benefits

[dustoffer]

More people that will vote for handouts.

Yep--and 2 more senators and at least one more representative in congress . . . Both are cons to me---as in my opinion they would most likely be liberals.

[texansfan]

Please tell me how they will make this country better? What will they bring to the table?

They
Are
Already
Americans

Understand this.
They have the same rights and privileges that you do.
All they need to do is use their cousin's Carlito from da Bronx address and they can vote for Hillary, Schumer and Spitzer.

There are more Puerto Ricans living in NYC than there are living on that island.

[texansfan]

Never mind him. He's a tool.

Hrrmmm
Don't feed the trolls.

[texansfan]

Yep--and 2 more senators and at least one more representative in congress . . . Both are cons to me---as in my opinion they would most likely be liberals.

DC doesn't have any of that.

[Livin'2hunt]

DC doesn't have any of that.

That's cute. Washington D.C. is not a State.

[texansfan]

That's cute. Washington D.C. is not a State.

But they have all the other benefits of being a state like their residents can get welfare and Social Security.

[Livin'2hunt]

But they have all the other benefits of being a state like their residents can get welfare and Social Security.

That could not have better proven the point to deny Statehood to Puerto Rico.

[GarGuy]

All that would do is add thousands of new Democrats to the voting population.

[texansfan]

All that would do is add thousands of new Democrats to the voting population.

I thought Latinos were said to be more Republican leaning than demos?
Cubans???

[texansfan]

That could not have better proven the point to deny Statehood to Puerto Rico.

They are eligible for these things even without statehood.
The barn door had been left open in this one decades ago.

[Livin'2hunt]

They are eligible for these things even without statehood.
The barn door had been left open in this one decades ago.

You continue to underscore everyone's point. By your logic, our Country set a precedent with poor management thus, we should stay the course because a precedent has been set.

How about this? Let's stop the hemorrhaging of what remains of our Constitution and treasury and quit buying into every idiotic whim that comes down the pike. If you're broke, you don't whip out a credit card to buy a donut machine.

[Ironman]

I thought Latinos were said to be more Republican leaning than demos?
Cubans???

I guess you've never looked at an election map.