home
Hillary Promises to Help Puerto Ricans Decide on Statehood or Independence | 33 comments (33 topical)

Readers Must Login or Create an Account to Comment

The constitution (none / 0) (#23)
by Abdul Abulbul Amir on Tue Mar 18, 2008 at 07:21:26 AM EST
The constitution would not need to be amended to admit PR.  An act of Congress is all that is needed.

Signature Song
[ Parent ]

that's kind of what i thought too. (none / 0) (#28)
by cpinva on Tue Mar 18, 2008 at 09:36:26 AM EST
which again raises the question: what the heck are they waiting for?

i could be wrong, but i suspect if the citizens of puerto rico voted for statehood, there are any number of congresspeople ready and willing to propose that legislation.

i see this issue raised from time to time, and i'm still not at all clear why it is they don't just have a referrendum on it or something?

[ Parent ]

They did (none / 0) (#32)
by Abdul Abulbul Amir on Tue Mar 18, 2008 at 12:24:07 PM EST

a while back, but statehood did not win.  The problem (if you want to call it that) is Commonwealth has most of the benefits to individuals of citizenship, but without the tax burden.  I suspect that to a fair number gaining the vote is not enough to give up 20%+ of your pay check.

BTW, I suspect that my beautiful bride (aka the Minister of Finance) would require the two of us to quit voting if it meant no income tax.

Signature Song
[ Parent ]

Hillary Promises to Help Puerto Ricans Decide on Statehood or Independence | 33 comments (33 topical)

Readers Must Login or Create an Account to Comment

  • Premium Ads

  • Blog Ads

  • Contribute To TalkLeft

    donate to TalkLeft