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| Puerto Rico closer to be the 51st State? |
| 2010-04-29 |
| WASHINGTON -- The U.S. House is set to vote Thursday on a bill that would let the people of Puerto Rico decide if the island should become America's 51st state. The bill would set up a pair of votes to help determine what changes, if any, people in Puerto Rico would like to make to their government. Puerto Rico currently has "commonwealth status." Those who live there are U.S. citizens, but do not pay federal income taxes, and do not have a voting member of Congress. |
| Posted by:Tom--Pa |
| #11 For those of you who think this is going to give them lots of Latino votes, I give you this link: Top Latino Democrats request collegues vote no |
| Posted by: Frozen Al 2010-04-29 16:36 |
| #10 Personally I think we should pass a law that says that a place can only be a territory for one century. After that fish or cut bait. Either you are ready to become a state or you never will be and should go it alone. I think all of our territories have past the centennial mark at this point. I welcome them all, or some, or none. But to remain an infant forever is pathetic. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2010-04-29 15:09 |
| #9 For those of you not able to catch Glenn Beck's show on this, it is posted at Foxnews.com today. |
| Posted by: Lumpy Elmoluck5091 2010-04-29 13:48 |
| #8 And, of course anyone who objects to this “Tennessee Plan” is a bigot. Got it? |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2010-04-29 12:56 |
| #7 NS: That is why the vote is NOT whether or not PR wants to be a state, but the Dem-controlled congress voting on whether the status quo should be continued. They will take this as a democratic mandate to wrest power and control from the people once again. Beck did a great job of explaining it, urging everyone to contact their congresscritters before it was too late. |
| Posted by: Lumpy Elmoluck5091 2010-04-29 12:14 |
| #6 PR also allows tons of federal tax breaks for companies that do business there, especially pharmaceuticals. Those would go away, as would the jobs, with statehood. Never. gonna. happen. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2010-04-29 12:01 |
| #5 ...Samoa..unless it has tipped over. Might have to check with a congresscritter on that. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2010-04-29 11:37 |
| #4 So maybe Barry can count; he said 57 states. Let's see there's Guam. St. Johns, VI., Washington, D.C. No matter some are territories; others commonwealths. We don need noo stinkin U.S. Constitution. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-04-29 11:24 |
| #3 The people of PR voted a few years back and their message was clear, they don't want to pay taxes, they want our money, soforget statehood and all that baggage, its better to be a welfare state... |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2010-04-29 11:21 |
| #2 Expect to see a push for DC to become the 52nd state. 4 new donk senators. Just like that they protect their majority. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2010-04-29 10:50 |
| #1 Beck did a good job explaining what was going on with the statehood. It boiled down to 2 senators and 6 representatives firmly in the progressive party. |
| Posted by: bman 2010-04-29 10:49 |