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| Once Again, Dems Pushing Fast Track Statehood For Puerto Rico |
| 2010-04-24 |
| Are you aware that your representation may soon be diluted in order to bolster the Democrat Party in Congress? House Resolution 2499, The Puerto Rico Democracy Act, would allow residents there to again vote on their political future. If a bare plurality (as few as a third-plus-one) wants statehood, then the process of adding a Spanish-speaking state will begin in earnest. Polls have shown that Puerto Ricans want the status quo of a commonwealth relationship with the US without statehood and the related taxation. However, the Dems in Congress do not care what the Puerto Ricans want. This would give the Democrats 2 more senators and 6 or 7 Representatives. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose |
| #13 The thing is, why would they want to? As said, all the bennies of citizen without the hassle, have heard the same arguement from UW/Illegals. Votes and increased tax base, thats the game it looks like. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2010-04-24 23:34 |
| #12 With open borders I thought Mexico was the 57th state. I thought for sure Kenya would become the 58th state (solves a lot of "birther" issues). But in Obama's list of state hood priorities I suppose Puerto Rican pot is better stuff??? |
| Posted by: Shoting Unelet2578 2010-04-24 21:53 |
| #11 The Dems are probably planning on having some renamed ACORN group conduct the ballot, so it will show 100% in favor of statehood. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-04-24 19:12 |
| #10 This is a chill moment. They've had referendums in the past pretty much divided evenly between the positions posted in #7. Would you vote yourself an income tax today and federal mandates to the state upon yourself and others in your area if you could avoid it while getting the bennies like first in line in the region when any major disaster hits? /rhet question |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2010-04-24 17:44 |
| #9 ...who's next, Haiti? Sweet Jesus, Jim - PLEASE don't give the b****rds any ideas!! |
| Posted by: Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) 2010-04-24 17:12 |
| #8 Wanna stop this in its tracks? Just don't allow this process to proceed until someone comes up with a good looking 51-star flag. |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-04-24 17:05 |
| #7 There are three basic political factions in Puerto Rico. Identifying one's political faction generally comes with 3 minutes of a formal or informal introduction: A. Statehood faction (least popular) B. Nationhood faction. (somewhere inbetween) C. Status-quo faction. (most popular) |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-04-24 16:24 |
| #6 After over a year in power, the Democrats are fed up with the voters and are looking for any opportunity to replace them. |
| Posted by: DMFD 2010-04-24 16:13 |
| #5 There are 57 states in the OIC. I noticed that the other day and wondered if it was the source of that famous "57 states" slip. And, IIRC, the last time Puerto Rico voted on statehood, they said no thanks. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2010-04-24 15:27 |
| #4 There are 57 states in the OIC. FWIW. |
| Posted by: lotp 2010-04-24 15:02 |
| #3 A popular vote is only a first step. Statehood and commonwealth status both are popular in PR and usually are within 2 to 3 points of each other in the polls (independence never gets more than a couple points). But even if PR votes for statehood by a convincing margin, a bill then has to be introduced in Congress. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2010-04-24 14:45 |
| #2 Getting there, maybe it wasn't a slip of the tongue, maybe it was a glimpse of His Royal Highnes's mental plans. Let's see Cuba, Puerto Rico, who's next, Haiti? |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2010-04-24 14:39 |
| #1 58th State? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-04-24 14:31 |