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Man when I went to pr for a quick vacation the amount of people asking about passports floored me. I was like it’s a us territory how have you not learnt that in school?
Also I got lots of local pr Spanish slang, they’re chill peeps and mofongo is the best. I think they should get statehood they’re bigger in population than the state I grew up in and it would be nice to shake up us politics with more senate seats.
Arroz con Pollo. I can eat that all. Day.
Amen to that! I was worried I’d get fat in pr, but ended up losing weight. Maybe I should move…
Every time there's a vote on becoming a state they vote no. I don't think it should be forced on them.
The last time there was a plebiscite in 2020, voting on whether to become a state or not, the outcome was for statehood by 52.34%.
I didn't know about that one. Traditionally they've always voted no. Why didn't they move forward with it?
It hasn't moved forward because Congress has to approve it. Just because Puerto Rico wants to be a state doesn't mean they'll be instantly let into the Union. Here's a link to the voting results. Its in Spanish since it's from the biggest newspaper on the island.
It’s not forced, every state was a territory and chose to become a state. That’s the prescribed way for this to go. Why do we want to change that now? Part of statehood also changes things like federal aid etc as you’ll now be paying federal taxes but a part of this representation involves all this extra.
I'm not suggesting we change it. Puerto Rico has held votes on whether to become a state, and traditionally voted no. That's all the reason I need to let them stay a territory.
I'm not opposed to them becoming a state if they want, another commenter told.me the latest vote was 'yes' by a narrow margin so who knows what will happen next.