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minus-squareHelixDab2@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up41arrow-down5·14 hours agoI’m not sure that more than 50% of Puerto Rico wants to be a state.
minus-squareSarmyth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up36·14 hours agoThey vote on it rather frequently. They do at the moment but it does waffle a bit.
minus-squareNJSpradlin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down4·12 hours agoThe last vote had a very huge abstention ‘vote’, which was the only reason the ‘for’ vote out performed the ‘against’.
minus-squareMimicJar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·12 hours agoWhat are the downsides to becoming a state?
minus-squareBottleOfAlkahest@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down1·12 hours agoPuerto Rico doesn’t pay federal taxes
minus-squareCornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·edit-28 hours agoPR is so poor that very few there would pay income tax. The majority of people would actually receive money due to the EITC.
minus-squareayyylinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 hours agoPoor people voting against their own interests because a rich asshole told them to is an American tradition, I guess they’re definitely ready!
I’m not sure that more than 50% of Puerto Rico wants to be a state.
They vote on it rather frequently. They do at the moment but it does waffle a bit.
The last vote had a very huge abstention ‘vote’, which was the only reason the ‘for’ vote out performed the ‘against’.
What are the downsides to becoming a state?
Puerto Rico doesn’t pay federal taxes
PR is so poor that very few there would pay income tax. The majority of people would actually receive money due to the EITC.
Poor people voting against their own interests because a rich asshole told them to is an American tradition, I guess they’re definitely ready!