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I was going to post this the other day; but I got busy and forgot about it.

Will Puerto Rico vote to remain a Commonwealth, or will they vote for Statehood?
 
USFREEDOM911 said:
I was going to post this the other day; but I got busy and forgot about it.

Will Puerto Rico vote to remain a Commonwealth, or will they vote for Statehood?
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I vote stay as a commonwealth.

"The PNP succumbed to the blackmail of the Obama Report and enthrones the colony (commonwealth) as a privileged alternative in a second round of voting to be held after the 2012 elections," PIP leader Ruben Berrios Martinez said."

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Sterling Archer said:
The statehood movement isn't very big there. I have a lot of family all over the island, and no one I've talked to, save 2 people, wants statehood.
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Statehood has gotten about 45% of the vote in the last two elections. Also, the pro-statehood party won all the seats in the state legislature last time around (albeit by very narrow margins in each seat).
 
Sterling Archer said:
Damn, I'm behind on all this shit.
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Wait, I meant the last two referendums. In 93 and 98. Not the last two elections. Also, people may have voted for the pro-statehood party for reasons other than statehood, and even though the party won all of the seats, it didn't get a majority of votes, only polling like 2% ahead of the commonwealth party. I'm guessing that it was one hell of a gerrymander.
 
PR traditionally votes 'D", doesn't it?


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Puerto Rico with more than 60% of it entire population on US tax payer subsidized Welfare, is the kick off point of the Obama 2012 Campaign.

So, not only is he pandering to a non-state that is a sink hole of American tax dollars, he is doing it with American Tax dollars while pretending is official business.
Hmmmm, the 7 hours of flight for a 4 hour stay at the cost of one million tax payer dollars sounds a lot like a back door political stunt to bolster support for the upcoming election.

Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens, although island residents do not pay
federal income taxes. The U.S. government takes care of defense and foreign affairs
and foots the bill for welfare (for which more than 60 percent of Puerto
Ricans recieve).

Despite 50 years of the status qua', the electorate's passionate interest in debating the issue of the island's relationship to the United States has continued undiminished. Turnout on election days remains steady at around 85 percent (although much of the fervor may come from the fact that thousands of government jobs, which account for one-third of the island's total workforce, can be at stake when one party replaces another). Currently the party favoring the present commonwealth status has a growing margin over the party demanding Puerto Rico's admission as the 51st state. Only 5 percent champion full independence from the United States as the majority of jobs being government jobs are also paid by the US Government. Which is rarely represented as US Tax Payers. It is obvious that a wholly funded and almost completely subsidized entity, would have an 85% voting turn out.

They like their free money and they especially like that they do not put one cent into the coffer they take from. Obama likes that too and is taking that to Florida to pander to the the Peurto Rican votes in Florida, as they are demographically the same as their Island homelander's in way of Welfare recipients per capita.

In his first campaign, Obama mentioned how Americans need to be more like Europeans and speak other languages. He said "merci beaucoup" with a pathetic pronunciation that makes any Francophone cringe. He's now done that with Spanish, while reciting only 3 words, he had to stop 3 times to look at the 3 words and still pronounced it wrong.

So pandering to the Largest Welfare Population (per capita) for the purposes of the next election at the cost of the tax payers seems wrong on so many levels wouldn't you say?


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Its my understanding that the residents prefer the benefits of territorial status over the privileges of statehood, which is why statehood is routinely voted down in polls and elections.
 
Ouch, Ms Damn Stankee slapdown!

The GOP base hates brown and black people so much they are willing to throw away the Latino vote.
 
Residents of Puerto Rico
"Income you receive from Puerto Rican sources during your residence in
Puerto Rico is exempt from U.S. tax. This includes income for the
period of Puerto Rican residence in the year you change your residence
from Puerto Rico if you resided there at least 2 years before the
change. However, income you receive for services performed in Puerto
Rico as an employee of the United States is not exempt from U.S.
income tax."
http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/international/article/0,,id=97184,00.html
 
Ms Damn Stankee's scramblin' and stumblin'....is hilarious.

Dance, Ms Damn Stankee, dance.


Try to justify your hatred of Hispanics.


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More for the dork who thinks he knows so much~


You can't look at those projects without gaping goggle-eyed at the size of the incentives. The Virgin Islands — a land mass only about twice the size of Washington, D.C. — awarded the two companies a collective total of US$3.7 billion in subsidies. Yes, that's "b" as in big, brands and brouhaha.
The Diageo deal materialized first. In June of 2008, the British company signed an agreement that will give it tax credits and other benefits worth a cool $2.7 billion; Diageo is now relocating Captain Morgan rum production from Puerto Rico. The Fortune Brands deal was finalized on Nov. 5, when Virgin Islands Gov. John deJongh Jr. signed into law an agreement that gives the U.S. firm more than $1 billion in incentives for an expansion of its existing distillery.
The Virgin Islands, however, isn't doling out those staggering sums all at once. Those subsidies will be parceled out to Diageo and Fortune Brands over a span of 30 years — the length of time that both companies have committed to continue making rum in the Virgin Islands.
"Our agreements with Diageo and Fortune Brands are part of our economic development strategy that's focused on locking in brands for the long term," Gov. deJongh explains in his e-mail response to questions from The SiteNet Dispatch. "By making the U.S. Virgin Islands the exclusive production location for 30 years, our agreements will build greater stability, not only for the U.S. Virgin Islands and its government, but also for our business partners."

But where is all that money going to come from? How does a place as small as the Virgin Islands come up with $3.7 billion for the Diageo and Fortune Brands subsidies?
Actually, there is a way — one that means that the territory won't have to break its piggybank. In fact, the Virgin Islands won't need to tap any existing funds whatsoever to fund the two expansions.
"The Virgin Islands won't have to invest anything in those two projects from the general fund or from any other government source," Paul explains. "Keep in mind that those agreements are only one piece of Gov. deJongh's broader long-term plan to stabilize the economy. But, yes, the Diageo and Fortune Brands agreements are completely self-funding projects."

But yo ho ho, how can that be so?

The answer lies in an obscure federal tax law known as "the rum cover-over program." The initiative traces back to 1917, when the U.S. government decided to tax Puerto Rican rum-makers on rum sold within the United States. Congress created a program to rebate — or "cover over" — almost all of the rum excise taxes (currently about 98 percent). That, lawmakers explained 92 years ago, would generate a local revenue stream to pay for Puerto Rico's economic development, social services and infrastructure. Then in 1954, Congress extended the cover-over program to the Virgin Islands.

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I don't think Puerto Rican's pay any income tax, but they do pay the payroll tax and most other federal taxes. The payroll tax is used to fund most welfare programs, and it actually takes in almost as much revenue as the income tax itself. They do get off without having to pay for the discretionary programs like the military, though. Also, federal spending on medicaid in Puerto Rico is capped and has been since 1968, so the government of Puerto Rico winds up paying for most of that.
 
Watermark said:
I don't think Puerto Rican's pay any income tax, but they do pay the payroll tax and most other federal taxes. The payroll tax is used to fund most welfare programs, and it actually takes in almost as much revenue as the income tax itself. They do get off without having to pay for the discretionary programs like the military, though. Also, federal spending on medicaid in Puerto Rico is capped and has been since 1968, so the government of Puerto Rico winds up paying for most of that.
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WHAT? No answer about your 3.7 billion dollar claim???
 
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