To: Skeez
If I'm not mistaken Puerto Rico has had referendums on statehood before and a majority didn't want it. So with apologies to Rick, it's not like they are busting down the door demanding statehood even without an English language mandate.
3 posted on
03/15/2012 7:59:05 AM PDT by
apillar
To: apillar
If I'm not mistaken Puerto Rico has had referendums on statehood before and a majority didn't want it.The love the Status Quo, let's see what happens when the only two choices are Statehood or Independence.
5 posted on
03/15/2012 8:00:34 AM PDT by
dfwgator
(Don't wake up in a roadside ditch. Get rid of Romney.)
To: apillar
The reason they don’t want statehood is that they would then be subjected to US Income Taxes. As it is now, they get all the benefits, except for voting in national elections. To my mind, I don’t want two Puerto Rican Senators, or their Congressman.
39 posted on
03/15/2012 8:58:00 AM PDT by
Gaffer
To: apillar
Yes and they love all those government entitlement programs though. Especially, SSI,and Social Security Disability.
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