Puerto Rico Statehood Referendum

[Ed Anger]

Step 1 : dump illegals into PR
step 2: grant independence
Step 3: Profit!

[CountDeMoney]

I love West Side Story.

[alfred russel]

Puerto Rico in, Timmay out.

[Ed Anger]

Puerto Rico in, Timmay out.

Katmai out too. We'll keep Lusti.

[CountDeMoney]

Puerto Rico in, Timmay out.

Katmai out too. We'll keep Lusti.

Fuck that guy, too.  Be consistent.

[Ed Anger]

It gives the others hope. And when their hopes are dashed, you can revel in their agony.

Learn to be evil like me. I will teach you.

[CountDeMoney]

It gives the others hope. And when their hopes are dashed, you can revel in their agony.

Learn to be evil like me. I will teach you.

We're not going to argue with these people.

[jimmy olsen]

New States have to be admitted by Congress. They will find an excuse not to honor this referendum.

Edit: The polls indicate a pretty decisive win for statehood. We will see if that makes it harder for Congress to find an excuse if that happens.

I've heard that if statehood wins decisively they're going to follow the Tennesseee plan and elect congressmen and senators and demand to be seated. I remember reading about this in history, but I hadn't realized six other states successfully followed this plan.

http://www.pr51st.com/tennessee-and-the-tennessee-plan/

[Valmy]

Well sure why not? It is not like this year could get weirder for the US.

[Eddie Teach]

Well sure why not? It is not like this year could get weirder for the US.

Challenge Accepted?

[Fate]

I am skeptical that a GOP Congress will admit PR to the union. But if something isn't done to staunch the bleeding in PR, they're going to eventually shift Florida blue for the long haul. Their debt is not serviceable and their population keeps declining, creating a negative downward spiral. The government can try to keep increasing taxes, but there's no legal barrier to prevent every person on the island from fleeing to the mainland to escape those taxes. And that debt doesn't follow them...

[jimmy olsen]

If I were the PR's government I'd do two things to get Trump onside.

#1 Play on his vanity. You'd be the first President since Eisenhower to add a star!

#2 Corruption. Sell Trump Organization seaside real estate for pennies on the dollars, etc.

[Eddie Teach]

That sounds like a good recipe to turn the US public against PR statehood and it's not like Trump could force a bill through anyway.

[jimmy olsen]

That sounds like a good recipe to turn the US public against PR statehood and it's not like Trump could force a bill through anyway.

You obviously do it in secret.

[The Brain]

What's the joy in being a secret state?