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submitted 3 weeks ago by homesweethomeMrL to c/progressivepolitics

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 3 weeks ago (9 children)

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

[–] MimicJar 8 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

What are the downsides to becoming a state?

[–] BottleOfAlkahest 21 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Puerto Rico doesn't pay federal taxes

[–] Cornelius_Wangenheim 24 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks 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] 17 points 3 weeks 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!

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