Statistikhengst
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51......puerto rico deserves statehood.
Lmfao
PR can get statehood when they vote for it. I suspect the opposition realizes that with statehood come state taxes, and a lot of other taxes that they don't pay now.
The statehood referendum idea has come up a number of times in PR, with little movement.
Agreed, but I predict that eventually they well pass the referendum.
It is usually a referendum that gives THREE options:
1.) Statehood
2.) Revocation of status as US Protectorat
3.) Status Quo
Most don't realize this, but Puerto Ricans who serve in the US military are eligible for US passports. It has been this way since 1917.
My room mate in the USAF was a PR from NYC and was in the USAF because a judge gave him the option of jail or enlisting. Good guy, and smart Electronics Tech, but after two years in the service he got what was called an 'early out', and reenlisted for 4 more years. The day after he got several thousand dollars reenlistment bonus he went AWOL.
About 6 months later me and a MSGT from the squadron were sent to El Paso, Tx to escort him back to Travis AFB, Ca where he got a court martial and discharge. They tore off his insignia and rank and escorted him out the main gate. I picked him up and drove him to town where he was immediately employed as a TV repairman by a retired MSGT who owned a TV shop and he got him a room.
Boring!
I think I remember him telling me this, but I may have mis-remembered. (is that a word?)
"Because their home is a U.S. commonwealth nation, Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens and can travel freely from their island to the U.S. mainland. U.S. citizens from the mainland can travel to Puerto Rico without a passport or visa."
Corrrect.
Tell me, did the body-snatchers get you , or something?
You are so, so, so, peaceful today...