Posted on 04/28/2010 4:47:55 PM PDT by yoe
Last night (Tuesday) on his TV show, Glenn Beck dropped another bombshell — on Thursday, Congress will take up a bill to make Puerto Rico a state. Why is our Congress doing this now? Secretly? Quickly? If it hadn’t been for one of Beck’s “Refounders” (a Congressional insider), would we even know about this? Why is this important to you and me?
Well, the word is out, and my local 9-12/Tea party organization sent this out this morning. First thing to hit my mailbox, in fact…
There is a bill to make Puerto Rico a state. Again, they are trying to pull one over on us and on Puerto Ricans, who have consistently said they do not want to become a state. Read below for more information (from Eagle Forum). This was also discussed by Rep Tom Price on a conference call yesterday.
Please consider this:
* The U.S. would transform, overnight, into a bilingual nation. At least half of Puerto Ricans do not speak English, the language of our U.S. Constitution and founding documents. The Washington Times article, “Puerto Rican statehood,” analyzes all the implications of adding a foreign language-speaking state to the Union.
* It would bring immediate demands for massive federal spending. The average income of Puerto Ricans is less than half that of our poorest state, and infrastructure and the environment are far below American standards. Puerto Rico has a population with a median national income of $17,741, nearly a third of that for the U.S.
* Puerto Rico is already a democracy. Despite the bill’s deceptive title, Puerto Rico already has an elected government and exists as a self-governed commonwealth of the U.S.
* Statehood would give Puerto Rico more congressional representation than 25 of our 50 states! It would inevitably give Democrats two additional U.S. Senators and 6 to 8 additional Members of the House.
H.R. 2499 is stealth legislation designed to lead to the admission of Spanish-speaking Puerto Rico as the 51st state, thereby making us a de facto bilingual nation, like Canada. The U.S. Congress should not be forcing Puerto Ricans to vote on statehood, especially since the Puerto Rican people have rejected statehood three times since 1991!
No Member of Congress who describes himself as a limited government, fiscal conservative should be casting a YEA vote for H.R. 2499, as Puerto Rican statehood would cause an immediate increase in federal expenditures, particularly for taxpayer-funded welfare state services.
Sponsored by Puerto Rican delegate Pedro Pierluisi (D), the Puerto Rico Democracy Act (H.R. 2499) – which has reared its ugly head a number of times over the past few congresses but has yet to have any success – would require Puerto Ricans to hold a national referendum to decide if they want Puerto Rico to remain a self-governing U.S. commonwealth, or become the 51st state.
The referendum would be set up as two plebiscites which would effectively deceive Puerto Ricans into voting for statehood. In the first round of votes, the Puerto Rican people would be given the choice between remaining a U.S. territory and “pursuing a different political status.” If the majority votes to maintain the status quo, this bill would require that Puerto Rico vote on this same issue every eight years.
If the majority votes for “different status,” a second round of votes would be held where Puerto Ricans would choose either statehood or independence-the status quo of “U.S. territory” would not even be an option! In other words, the two ballots would be rigged to favor the outcome of statehood, overriding the wishes of Americans and Puerto Ricans who want to maintain the current commonwealth status.
* Contact your US congressmen AND (Take quick action here)
Contact our congress person? Is that because it’s worked so well in the last 14 months?
Not true,...precedent was Tennessee....and it would be rascists to keep them out...that would be the plan.,
I’d extend that to every person with any ancestor who ever stayed overnight in Puerto Rico.
I just don’t know why the republicans can’t get it through their thick skulls. The democrats seek nothing less than the extinction of conservative political power forever.
What they do after that is an even greater concern.
WTH! I thought you were supposed to ‘never let them see you sweat’. The Dems are basically running up and down the streets screaming like their hair is on fire.
That's 6 new Republican Senators, and most of the worst lot of Democrats find themselves cooped up in states that cannot finance themselves.
“Not bloody likely”
Well put.
I didn’t finish watching Beck today, but it’s recorded and I usually watch it with hubby later in the night. Thanks for the info. I guess we will find out what the Tenn and Alaska plan was in his show. That’s why I love Beck...he gets into this stuff and helps to warn and educate a wider audience. I don’t always agree with him..but his show is best when he is exposing the marxists and teaching history and the founding fathers. I love learning at his chalkboard!
Yes CC! It is quite sickening. Beck said tonight that some of the pubbies are voting for this too!
Man, we need to do some heavy housecleaning this Nov!
another move to establish a permanent Democratic dictatorship
They get all the protections of the US military, economic favoritism, passports that let them travel back and forth at will, sit around in massive enclaves around NYC collecting a never ending stream of greater welfare benefits than most other immigrants. Hell, they even demand a parade in their countries honor every frickin year down 5th Ave.
I'm sick of this sweetheart deal of "U.S. Territory forever". Either become a full state, start paying your share of taxes into the system, or go it alone and end up with the economy of Haiti or Cuba.
How does anyone in the Secret Service live with themselves knowing they are protecting a Marxist dictator who’s destroying their country?
It’s the adage “Poop or get off the pot” at work.
bttt
effffffff no!
Evil Party, Stupid Party.
Newton Gingrich was pushing for this in about 1996. I guess he thinkis he can win the 2012 Puerto Rican Republican presidential primary. They do have presidential primaries, but they always vote liberal, I believe. They believe in government to “take care” of “their needs”, and as the man in Richmond, VA, said in the 1992 presidential debates, “they are many”.
Secret Service people are trained too put POTUS above all, even God, I presume. Many of their fellow citizens do that anyway.
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