Puerto Rico to make push to become 51st US state

[Matt 26z]

I am not necessarily against this, but there are a lot of concerns that could get in the way. They have a $120+ billion debt, an uneducated population and produce nothing of value. It would essentially be a welfare move for Puerto Rico, but what does the US get out of it?

I think Puerto Rican statehood would be a better reality if tens of millions of illegal Mexicans and anchor children were not already in the US. We got absolutely nothing from that raw deal. At least with Puerto Rico we could have picked up more land.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/16/u...statehood.html

[wehateporn]

A good place to invade Venezuela from

[MiamiBoyz]

I really don't want to have to remake all those fucking flags.

That alone should kill this stupid idea.

Let's swap out Florida for Puerto Rico...most of them already moved to Miami anyway.

[Klen]

They are already partially part of US, so there wont be much change anyway. But being a part of US doesn't mean much, as we seen with Detroit.

[MiamiBoyz]

Originally Posted by KlenTelaris

They are already partially part of US, so there wont be much change anyway. But being a part of US doesn't mean much, as we seen with Detroit.

[crockett]

They add no value and their own home country is a corrupt crime ridden gettho. I'd be all for removing our military base in exchange with sending them back home. At least the Mexicans usually go back home.. Puerto Ricans just spit out 3 kids to max out the tax return then collect welfare...

[nikki99]

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[mineistaken]

Originally Posted by Matt 26z

but what does the US get out of it?

Cultural and ethical enrichment of course. And joy of helping "poor" invaders, after all they are responsible for helping all of the world's population to invade the west. It is the right thing to do

[mineistaken]

Originally Posted by crockett

They add no value and their own home country is a corrupt crime ridden gettho. I'd be all for removing our military base in exchange with sending them back home. At least the Mexicans usually go back home.. Puerto Ricans just spit out 3 kids to max out the tax return then collect welfare...

I rarely thumb up Mr. crockett

[Busty2]

They do have "The Blue Hole" at least thats useful, and I'm not talking about Mystique's pussy ?

[Bladewire]

Didn't they just go bankrupt? Fuck that!

[Rochard]

Originally Posted by crockett

They add no value....

They said the same thing about Hawaii before it became a state.

[Brad Mitchell]

Hawaii is a vacation destination. Puerto Rico is Detroit on the water.

Brad

[Bladewire]

Originally Posted by Brad Mitchell

Hawaii is a vacation destination. Puerto Rico is Detroit on the water.

Brad

The way you end your posts always makes me crack a smile

Brad

[Brad Mitchell]

Lol

Maybe I should go to PR. Never been there, speaking on what I've been told. Someone throw a conference in our bastard territory, please.

MoJo

[crockett]

Originally Posted by Rochard

They said the same thing about Hawaii before it became a state.

Hawaii is obvious value of being a military port/base deep in the Pacific. Now that I think about it, do we even have a military base in Puerto Rico?

edit.. ok so I looked it up.. we don't really have a "real" military base there. It's called a base but mostly just to support troops who are there training. ie they aren't giving us much of anything for value.. Might as well be Hatti..

[crockett]

Originally Posted by Bladewire

Didn't they just go bankrupt? Fuck that!

Yeah and before that they were protesting our involvement in their country.. Soon as they go bankrupt and need money, now they want to be a state.. Fuck them IMO, at least Mexicans get jobs..

In 2016 Chicago had 762 murders..

In 2014 (last year listed) Puerto Rico had 681 murders..

So that would be a state, that is almost as bad as Chicago and they add zero value to any of us.. Just a place big business can expand to for corporate welfare. While our tax dollars would then get spent on their welfare.

[mikesouth]

As a vacation destination PR is up there with Hawaii beautiful beaches, rainforest good fishing proximity to Virgin Islands (also DR and Haiti bad with the good ya know)

But in reality it is all but a state now...PR gets a lot of tax dollars ....Dems will be for it cuz itd be two more democrats in the senate a few more in the house.

As a tourist destination it would likely make it more expensive to go

from a military standpoint its an advantageous position but in the world of long range warfare prolly not much plus we already have bases and FBI there among other stuff.

It will be money sink, itll never be a profitable move for the USA as a whole but as I said dems will buy some positioning for sure. Soon as a hurricane demolishes San Juan USA will be on the hook for even more...Its just a majot Hurricane away from being a Haiti but the idea that it is currently a slum is wholly incorrect.

Its kinda like that beach house that you like to rent and visit but its just too pricey to own

[adultchatpay]

US is getting someone who will stab their back in the future.