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

    Will the citizens of PR ( who need it ) automatically get welfare and other benefits? Do they already grt benefits?
    Do the rest of us grt to bail them out, are we already bailing them out?

    #2
    Half of the major leaguers could call themselves Americans instead of Puerto Ricans.

    (yes....I know that PR is pretty much considered America already).

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      #3
      Might as well add them. Then Texas can succeed, Join with Mexico and become The New Central America!


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        #4
        I see zero pro's & a ton of con's.

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          #5
          They are given USA passports so they are Americans
          Although they can't vote in POTUS elections

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            #6
            Limit the number of states to 50. Grant PR statehood, and make Kalifornia a territory and revoke its voting rights.


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              #7
              More people that will vote for handouts.

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                #8
                Originally posted by texansfan View Post
                They are given USA passports so they are Americans
                Although they can't vote in POTUS elections
                Do they recieve benefits like food stamps, ss, welfare, obamacare?
                These are things i dont know but am curious about.
                Are they only interested in statehood in order for current citizens to absorb their debt .
                PR has been run by irresponsible politicians for quite a while and just like i dont want to bail out Cali, Detroit, or any other lib run entities i think any discussion of statehood should only be considered after they get their **** together

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                  #9
                  What does their becoming a state benefit the rest of the union?

                  I flew in & out of there a few months ago as a tourist and we used to refuel there (@ Roosevelt Roads Naval station) when I was in the Coast Guard, the place doesn't look that appealing to me as far as infrastructure goes.
                  Having a presence in the Caribbean is of some value, but we also have the Virgin Islands for that.

                  Speaking of the Coast Guard- we had a few Puerto Ricans (3 I can remember offhand) serving as US coasties on a ship I was on, so they can evidently enlist and serve but not be citizens? I remember their security clearances were on the lower end of the scale, but that might have been more based on who they were as individuals and not there country of origin.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by flywise View Post
                    Do they recieve benefits like food stamps, ss, welfare, obamacare?
                    These are things i dont know but am curious about.
                    Are they only interested in statehood in order for current citizens to absorb their debt .
                    PR has been run by irresponsible politicians for quite a while and just like i dont want to bail out Cali, Detroit, or any other lib run entities i think any discussion of statehood should only be considered after they get their **** together
                    Yes.
                    Something like 25% to 40% of Puerto Ricans receive food stamps in Puerto Rico
                    I think US Virgin Islands numbers are just as high (please google).

                    PR is a (close in proximity) US territory so US gov won't let them totally fall by the wayside like Venezuela

                    PR will get bailed out like AMTRAK

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                      #11
                      Originally posted by DaveC View Post
                      What does their becoming a state benefit the rest of the union?

                      I flew in & out of there a few months ago as a tourist and we used to refuel there (@ Roosevelt Roads Naval station) when I was in the Coast Guard, the place doesn't look that appealing to me as far as infrastructure goes.
                      Having a presence in the Caribbean is of some value, but we also have the Virgin Islands for that.

                      Speaking of the Coast Guard- we had a few Puerto Ricans (3 I can remember offhand) serving as US coasties on a ship I was on, so they can evidently enlist and serve but not be citizens? I remember their security clearances were on the lower end of the scale, but that might have been more based on who they were as individuals and not there country of origin.
                      1. You judged an entire island by the way the airport looked. That's smart.

                      2. Puerto Ricans ARE US CITIZENS. To vote for the POTUS all they need is to claim a US address (ie use the cousin's house in The Bronx)

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                        #12
                        Originally posted by texansfan View Post
                        1. You judged an entire island by the way the airport looked. That's smart.



                        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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                          #13
                          Originally posted by DaveC View Post
                          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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                          From what i have read and heard a whole lot of the island is as you describe.
                          Areas where poverty and crime is terrible, unemployment is high.
                          Seems to me that there is no benefit to allowing them to become a state.

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                            #14
                            We have enough people in the wagon. We don't need more. What we need is more people pulling said wagon. With the number of our own States bankrupt or on the verge, we don't need to add another blood sucking problem.

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                              #15
                              If they did we would assume all their debt as with no jobs available most of them would be there for the handouts. So I say no!

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