Comments on: Puerto Rican voters call for statehood! …Mostly. Sort of. Not really at all, actually.

By: LiberExMachina

LiberExMachina — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 19:14:41 +0000

And, adding on to that, the Puerto Ricans do not have to pay federal income taxes right now (since they are a territory). There is little personal benefit for them to seek statehood (it’s not like the new state would be anything but solidly anti-American; the national Dems represent their desires and keep welfare payouts a’flowin’ already). I wish more professional welfare leeches were honest enough to not seek the right to vote more money from the federal coffers.

By: Aruges

Aruges — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 02:21:30 +0000

Do we really want 2 more Dem senators and a handfull of new Dem congress critters?

By: jbird

jbird — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 20:17:19 +0000

Manifest Destiny in the Caribbean !!

By: Spegen

Spegen — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 20:16:26 +0000

Generally I am not a huge fan of commonwealth or territory status for any area. Either statehood or independence should be a goal, not forever in a grey zone. It is a remnant of Colonialism that we entered during the Spanish American war 100+ years ago. Granted, we freed Cuba and that didn’t work out to well, but all these other places are still in a type of political Limbo.