Posted on 06/12/2017 9:42:21 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
They should be cut loose. Let them be independent.
They want the bailout.
Geez we dont need a third world craphole as the 51st state.
It shows that the majority of the people don’t want a change in their current status.
We do not need New New Mexico
Nor do we need 2 more democrat senators year after year. They want a bailout. We don’t want to pay. Independence is what is fair. Like kicking your 22 year old child out of the basement.
Right, 97% shows that. I don't want Puerto Rico as a state either, but what you and this referendum's detractors are trying to pull by arguing turnout is transparent, desperate spin.
The GOP won big in the 2014 midterms, which had a record-low 36.4% turnout. Does that show the majority wanted Democrats? If you don't vote, your opinion doesn't matter.
Yeah, it tells us that 77% don’t give a Sh!t!.................
What do the bring to the USA that we need?
Cut ‘em loose.
The last thing we need is this bunch of socialists!!!
The irony is that, apart from representation in Congress, Puerto Rico’s current status is great for its citizens. Lots of US government benefits without the same tax burden. Its a testimony to how badly the politicians in Puerto Rico screwed everything up over the past 20 or 30 years for them to be in the position they are in now. They had it made and still screwed it up. Both becoming a state and independence will result in a lot of pain for the Commonwealth.
We acquired Puerto Rico as part of the settlement of the Spanish American war. Can we just give it back, say we don’t want it anymore???
PR is far poorer than the poorest states. It is culturally and linguistically different from the rest of America. How do the rest of us benefit from it being a state??
And what of other overseas possessions, such as Guam or American Samoa, or the Virgin Islands? Should they also become states?? Why would PR be a state but not other overseas American territories??
The Uniparty wants them to be the 51st state.
Part of it is the fact that they are Spanish-speaking as they try to import more Spanish-speaking people into our country to make us a bilingual nation.
The United States of America will have to obey the will of our people!
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No, we don’t.
Puerto Rico is just another stone around our necks. We should take what we need there by way of defense facilities ( like we have in Cuba) and cut this passel of turds loose. We don’t need them as “citizens” because they are a net negative to our country. Rent a Naval Base or two from them and let them spin in the wind. We went there years ago for a national sales meeting (to try something different that Hawaii). Boy what a letdown! The place is a dump by comparison and Hawaii isn’t the paradise it used to be. The comparison was stark!
Puerto Rico in actuality would be FAR WORSE than New Mexico or Mississippi even. Eight new liberal congressman, two new liberal senators...think the Castro brothers (either the Texans or Cubans) to imagine how bad these folks would be. If they needed federal money why did they close down Roosevelt Roads?
I think that’s the answer.
23 percent turnout...not many care to change.
Those that want to be US have moved to the mainland...
“Yeah, it tells us that 77% dont give a Sh!t!.................”
The truth of the matter is that they are too stupid to give a $hit!
The EU already thought it was a done deal. (Just like ‘President’ Hillary Clinton was a done deal.)
Star-mangled banner: American flag with 51 stars instead of 50 is displayed during vice president Pence’s meeting with EU leaders in Brussels
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