Puerto Rico will become a state

[Cypress]

Republican Party Platform:

"We support the right of the United States
citizens of Puerto Rico to be admitted to the Union as a fully sovereign state."

 

[Stone]

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Tellling that Republicans would deny American citizens a right to self determination for nakedly hyper partisan reasons.

Hmmm,...no I guess they havent.

 

[Cypress]

Hmmm,...no I guess they havent. :

Yep, the author of the article in the OP, Adam Friscia, was way off the mark on his bold prediction.

It wasn't my prediction.


These are examples of a poster offering their own predictions:

The Ukraine will be totally over run within days.

Soon the Ukrainian Army will be all but destroyed.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, will be murdered soon. The Russian Federation will install a puppet government.The entire country of the Ukraine will be part of the Russian Federation.

^^@Earl: You are probably 100% correct.

 

[Matt Dillon]

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Tellling that Republicans would deny American citizens a right to self determination for nakedly hyper partisan reasons.

They have to pay taxes if they do. So they won't.

Dumbass.

 

[serendipity]

Lulz. A 'society'. When she sobers up, have your mommy explain to you what that word means.

Character Assassin, what happened to that nasty cunt?

 

[Dutch Uncle]

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The issue of statehood is complicated. According to a 2019 Gallup Poll, 66% of Americans favor admitting Puerto Rico into the union. But whereas public opinion is solid, legislative support is mixed. In June, the U.S. House advanced legislation to grant Puerto Rico statehood. Journalist Makini Brice reported that the measure passed “by a vote of 232-180, with no Republicans supporting it.”

Tellling that Republicans would deny American citizens a right to self determination for nakedly hyper partisan reasons.

Trumpers don't like brown people. They want to Make America White Again. Admitting 3.2M brown people to the Union is the opposite of what they want.

 

[Dutch Uncle]

Republican Party Platform:

"We support the right of the United States
citizens of Puerto Rico to be admitted to the Union as a fully sovereign state."

Lip-service. They also claim to be Christians while supporting a violent overthrow of the federal government, incarceration of anyone to the left of their ideology and seeking to return women and people of color to second class status.

 

[Into Тhe Night]

Trumpers don't like brown people. They want to Make America White Again. Admitting 3.2M brown people to the Union is the opposite of what they want.

This is the reason why Republicans didn't want Hawaii to become a state (and why Democrats did).

 

[Dutch Uncle]

This is the reason why Republicans didn't want Hawaii to become a state (and why Democrats did).

I'd have to research that one, but I have no doubt, if the question came up today, you'd be 100% correct.

 

[NiftyNiblick]

As a Democrat, I strong support making both DC and Puerto Rico states.

I also support combining the Dakotas into one state,

and if we can make a single state out of Montana, Wyoming, Utah, and Idaho,
I don't see much of a problem with that either.

 

[zymurgy]

California is funding the United States.

you are an idiot. we borrow to fund the united states. to claim it is solvent and funded is such a retarded lie

you are a retarded liar. you probably believe all the bullshit you spew

 

[Jarod]

you are an idiot. we borrow to fund the united states. to claim it is solvent and funded is such a retarded lie

you are a retarded liar. you probably believe all the bullshit you spew

The Blue States contribute a huge amount more of tax revenue than the Red States, especially California.

 

[zymurgy]

The Blue States contribute a huge amount more of tax revenue than the Red States, especially California.

again, we borrow to support spending. it is not funded by taxes in a state moron. stop being such a retard for one second in your existence

 

[Dutch Uncle]

again, we borrow to support spending. it is not funded by taxes in a state moron. stop being such a retard for one second in your existence

Time to restore taxes on the rich and corporations. Trickle Down economics has proved to be the rich and the corporate pissing on the backs of most Americans.

 

[Dutch Uncle]

The Blue States contribute a huge amount more of tax revenue than the Red States, especially California.

That's the same logic the Trumpers use: The rich contribute more than the poor so the rich should have more control and more say.

 

[Jarod]

again, we borrow to support spending. it is not funded by taxes in a state moron. stop being such a retard for one second in your existence

And yet, the Blue states contribute more to the Federal Government (to service that debt) a LOT more than the red. The people in the Blue States make a LOT more money than the Red states, the Blue States produce much more than the Red.

 

[Jarod]

That's the same logic the Trumpers use: The rich contribute more than the poor so the rich should have more control and more say.

Except I did not take it to that last step... that the Blue states deserve more control. I was just pointing out that it appears liberalism works well for Capitalism.

 

[zymurgy]

And yet, the Blue states contribute more to the Federal Government (to service that debt) a LOT more than the red. The people in the Blue States make a LOT more money than the Red states, the Blue States produce much more than the Red.

which has nothing to do with your bullshit claims tardo

 

[Dutch Uncle]

Except I did not take it to that last step... that the Blue states deserve more control. I was just pointing out that it appears liberalism works well for Capitalism.

Thanks for the clarification. Many other Democrats before you on JPP, indeed, used that argument especially where the Electoral College was concerned.

 

[Jarod]

which has nothing to do with your bullshit claims tardo

Wrong.