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[–] [email protected] 34 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 34 points 9 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 7 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 8 hours ago (1 children)

What are the downsides to becoming a state?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Puerto Rico doesn't pay federal taxes

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 4 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] 1 points 1 hour 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!