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[–] [email protected] 36 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

I'm not sure that more than 50% of Puerto Rico wants to be a state.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

They vote on it rather frequently. They do at the moment but it does waffle a bit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 14 hours ago

The last vote had a very huge abstention ‘vote’, which was the only reason the ‘for’ vote out performed the ‘against’.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

What are the downsides to becoming a state?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Puerto Rico doesn't pay federal taxes

[–] [email protected] 15 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

PR is so poor that very few there would pay income tax. The majority of people would actually receive money due to the EITC.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 hours ago

Poor people voting against their own interests because a rich asshole told them to is an American tradition, I guess they’re definitely ready!