Posted on 05/13/2010 3:14:57 AM PDT by Scanian
Puerto Rico, a self-governing commonwealth whose residents are U.S. citizens, has already voted three times (1967, 1993 and 1998) against becoming the 51st U.S. state. But Congressional Democrats, hoping to add to their numbers in Congress, keep pushing for statehood. Late last month, the House voted 223 to 169 to begin yet another attempt to have the island join the union.
The latest bill would require Puerto Ricans first to vote on whether to continue their commonwealth status. If a majority vote for a change, the people would then be presented with a range of choices, including statehood, full independence, the status quo or some kind of loose association with the mainland.
But the deck is clearly stacked in favor of statehood. If a second vote is held, the winner is whichever option gets a plurality, making it likely statehood would come out on top, albeit without a clear majority.
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Can't hold on to Hawaii and Massachusetts?
They're just not doing enough stupid $h!t.
It would seem like the threat of paying income taxes would start to creep up sooner or later...correct?
And you have to think this way...once you get to fifty-one...such an odd number...why wait there? I could see two or three states start to consider breaking themselves up. For some odd reason...the fifty number is a stabilizing effect.
Then there’s the issue of how to arrange 51 stars on the US flag...
Not really a problem, as its all but banned as a gang symbol now.
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