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what do americans think of puerto rico?

It's up to them. They get a lot of benefits from being part of our country -- I suppose they might get more benefits from becoming a state. I wonder what the social/economic ramifications of state-hood would be?
 
lol, yeah Americans don't really think much about Puerto Rico. Every few years there is a vote to become a state, but so far they are content to get the benefits of US money without paying the same taxes as most Americans. Personally I think it would be kinda wierd to have a 51st state, 50 is just such a good round number. But its not something I would really stress out over.
 
Originally posted by: BrownTown
lol, yeah Americans don't really think much about Puerto Rico. Every few years there is a vote to become a state, but so far they are content to get the benefits of US money without paying the same taxes as most Americans. Personally I think it would be kinda wierd to have a 51st state, 50 is just such a good round number. But its not something I would really stress out over.
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Pfft, I'll stick with my 48 star flag!

(You don't count, Whoozyerdaddy! 😉)
 
Originally posted by: Strk
Originally posted by: BrownTown
lol, yeah Americans don't really think much about Puerto Rico. Every few years there is a vote to become a state, but so far they are content to get the benefits of US money without paying the same taxes as most Americans. Personally I think it would be kinda wierd to have a 51st state, 50 is just such a good round number. But its not something I would really stress out over.
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Pfft, I'll stick with my 48 star flag!

(You don't count, Whoozyerdaddy! 😉)
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Believe me when I say that sometimes we wish there were still only 48 states. 😉
 
Originally posted by: WhipperSnapper
Originally posted by: dullard
We don't think of Puerto Rico.
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That's pretty accurate. Puerto Rico almost never makes the national news and I wouldn't be surprised if most Americans don't know it exists.
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Probably right. Americans are ignorent. Most of them go to McDonald's daily and only care about who gets fire from The Apprentice. Our children score the lowest of industrialized nations on awareness of the world. Heck, 10% of high school students in the city of Boston couldn't even locate Boston on a world map. 85% of our troops think that the war in Iraq is to retaliate agains Saddam for his role in 9/11.

Also, Puerto Rico doesn't want to become a state. There's much more taxes to pay.
 
No we don't want Puerto Rico, that's a layover from our wanna-be imperialist days.....ohh wait...those are over right???? 🙁
 
Originally posted by: Meuge
Originally posted by: Martin
Saw this news item, so I wondered what you guys think of it.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4828116.stm

do you want them to be the 51st state? Or you want them to be independent? I'm just curious.
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One or the other.

Imprerialism is all well and good, but we're not going to gain their everlasting loyalty by treating them as second-class citizens.
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If they want the right to vote, they can pay for it like the rest of us.
 
Originally posted by: Meuge
Originally posted by: Martin
Saw this news item, so I wondered what you guys think of it.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4828116.stm

do you want them to be the 51st state? Or you want them to be independent? I'm just curious.
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One or the other.

Imprerialism is all well and good, but we're not going to gain their everlasting loyalty by treating them as second-class citizens.
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I think the term "second-class citizen" is a bit over-the-top.

You know they are NOT subject to the US tax code, right?

Some would gladly trade the umm benefits of being able to vote for one of two idiots (say J. Kerry or G bush) once every for 4 years for getting out from under our tax laws.

Fern
 
Originally posted by: BrownTown
they ARE second class citizens...
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Irrelevant to most people I would say.
Its an old issue and they have always decided to stay just as they are, so far.
 
Originally posted by: Fern
Originally posted by: Meuge
Originally posted by: Martin
Saw this news item, so I wondered what you guys think of it.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4828116.stm

do you want them to be the 51st state? Or you want them to be independent? I'm just curious.
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One or the other.

Imprerialism is all well and good, but we're not going to gain their everlasting loyalty by treating them as second-class citizens.
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I think the term "second-class citizen" is a bit over-the-top.

You know they are NOT subject to the US tax code, right?

Some would gladly trade the umm benefits of being able to vote for one of two idiots (say J. Kerry or G bush) once every for 4 years for getting out from under our tax laws.

Fern
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Hell, you listen to some people's arguments for voting and plenty of us wish they would stop exercising the right.
 
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