Puerto Rico as 51st state (Page 3): Mostly, as a state they would add two senate seats. Bam.

WinkyTink Loc: Hill Country, TX

vernon wrote:

They want nationhood not statehood. Its the demorats that want them as a state. Now you just guess why.

Mostly, as a state they would add two senate seats. Bam.

vernon

pegw wrote:

I would like to see DC as the 51st state. They are American citizens living there and they don't have the right to vote. This is not right. DC has more citizens than either Vermont or Wyoming. As far as Purto Rico, I like that too, but I feel they must vote on admission.

What makes you think they don't vote?

vernon

WinkyTink wrote:

Mostly, as a state they would add two senate seats. Bam.

I really think the demorat party should be outlawed. It is a party only interested in power and control.

bggamers Loc: georgia

Slapyomomma wrote:

Because they are of no benefit to America, other than Dems needing ignorant voters to keep the power they have.

Alot of dem voters see the corrupt ship starting to list to the right.

I doubt Porta Rico will be gun-ho on Dems apparent back when I don't remember the year Clintons raised all kinds of money and made promises to help rebuild areas after a really bad either earthquake or storm those people never saw that money or any help

Michael10

pegw wrote:

I would like to see DC as the 51st state. They are American citizens living there and they don't have the right to vote. This is not right. DC has more citizens than either Vermont or Wyoming. As far as Purto Rico, I like that too, but I feel they must vote on admission.

DC residents do have the right to vote, they don't have representation just like Puerto Rico. If you don't recognize PR as a state then the US should stop taxing them. That's why America left England, taxation without representation .

Justice101

Michael10 wrote:

DC residents do have the right to vote, they don't have representation just like Puerto Rico. If you don't recognize PR as a state then the US should stop taxing them. That's why America left England, taxation without representation .

The US should stop taxing those who live in Washington DC as they have no representation.

Michael10

Justice101 wrote:

The US should stop taxing those who live in Washington DC as they have no representation.

Get real the US is NOT gonna stop taxing anyone except the rich. They should be represented, just like the people of PR..

Michael10

It's all political all right, Mitch McConnell doesn't want them recognized as a state because he fears their representatives would be Democrats. That's the only reason they don't have statehood, Republicans think it's ok to tax people who don't have representation in Washington.

TruePatriot49 Loc: The Democratic People's Republic Rhode Island

pegw wrote:

I would like to see DC as the 51st state. They are American citizens living there and they don't have the right to vote. This is not right. DC has more citizens than either Vermont or Wyoming. As far as Purto Rico, I like that too, but I feel they must vote on admission.

PigW, try reading the Constitution. The Distinct of Columbia was instituted in the Constitution to be the Nation's capital and remain a District. A Constitutional ammendment is required to change the status of DC. Showing your ignorance again.

jSmitty45 Loc: Fl born, lived in Texas 30 yrs, now Louisiana

Slapyomomma wrote:

Exactly, Dems know making that dependant nation a state with the liberal cradle to grave freebies will have their votes.

They are debt riddled and produce more little riccans than anything else, Porto Reeko will be another huge drain and will immediately call for trillions of dollars by the Dems to support and bail out.... While we wave the debt owed to America.

Just watch, more money, more freeloaders and tax dollars pissed away by with zero accountability..... Democrat MO

Agree 110%

permafrost Loc: Minnesota

Michael10 wrote:

It's all political all right, Mitch McConnell doesn't want them recognized as a state because he fears their representatives would be Democrats. That's the only reason they don't have statehood, Republicans think it's ok to tax people who don't have representation in Washington.

Nailed that fact Michael.. agree with you 100%....

Justice101

Michael10 wrote:

Get real the US is NOT gonna stop taxing anyone except the rich. They should be represented, just like the people of PR..

Whatever happened to no taxation without representation? LOL

proud republican Loc: RED CALIFORNIA

Michael10 wrote:

It's all political all right, Mitch McConnell doesn't want them recognized as a state because he fears their representatives would be Democrats. That's the only reason they don't have statehood, Republicans think it's ok to tax people who don't have representation in Washington.

BS!! Dems had majority in the Senate for 2 yrs.. How come they haven't done it yet?? Blaming Republicans is easy, doing something other than blaming, is what Dems do best!..

proud republican Loc: RED CALIFORNIA

permafrost wrote:

Nailed that fact Michael.. agree with you 100%....

Nope! He did not nailed it!!

Justice101

Michael10 wrote:

It's all political all right, Mitch McConnell doesn't want them recognized as a state because he fears their representatives would be Democrats. That's the only reason they don't have statehood, Republicans think it's ok to tax people who don't have representation in Washington.

It seems that the people of Puerto Rico want to have their own sovereignty, but the politicos at the top there want the $$$ from the US that statehood would bring them. We gave up the Philippines territory in 1946.