Professional Soldiers ® - Puerto Rico, the 51st State?

Any money on George Soros slimeing the skids for this effort??

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Puerto Rico upholds statehood demand in contentious vote, By DANICA COTO, AP

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- Puerto Rico's governor is vowing to make the U.S. territory the 51st state after statehood won in a non-binding referendum hit by a boycott and low turnout that raised questions about the vote's legitimacy.

Gov. Ricardo Rossello told a couple hundred supporters waving U.S. flags late Sunday that he will soon create a commission to appoint two senators and five representatives to demand statehood from the U.S. Congress, which has to approve any changes to the island's political status.

"The United States of America will have to obey the will of our people!" Rossello yelled to a crowd clutching U.S. flags and dancing to a tropical jingle that promoted statehood.

But experts say it is highly unlikely a Republican-controlled Congress would acknowledge Sunday's results, let alone accept them because Puerto Rico tends to favor Democrats.

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Maybe someones should start a WH petition to FREE Puerto Rico from America??

Looks like someone is keeping wikipedia up to date, including yesterdays vote..

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Potential benefits of statehood

Puerto Rico is, by a considerable margin, the largest U.S. territory in terms of both population and geographical area, being similar to Connecticut with respect to population size, and in geographical area similar to Rhode Island and Delaware combined. Puerto Rican residents do not participate in the Presidential elections, although once they establish residency in any of the 50 states or the District of Columbia they become eligible voters. Statehood would allow the population to vote in all elections as the residents of other states already can.

In early 2017, the Puerto Rican government-debt crisis posed serious problems for the government which was outstanding bond debt that had climbed to $70 billion or $12,000 per capita[15] at a time with 12.4% unemployment.[16] Statehood might be useful as a means of dealing with the financial crisis, since it would allow for bankruptcy and the relevant protection. Congress has the power to vote to allow Chapter 9 protection without the need for statehood, but in late 2015 there was very little support in the House for this concept. Other benefits to statehood include increased disability benefits and Medicaid funding as well as the higher (federal) minimum wage.[17]

Potential drawbacks of statehood

Currently, Puerto Ricans only have to pay federal income taxes on work they've done in the States, and not at home. This benefit could go away if Puerto Rico becomes a state.[18][19] The Government Accountability Office estimates that federal individual income taxes from Puerto Rico could total $2.3 billion, while federal corporate tax revenues under statehood would range between $50 million and $3.4 billion. Many U.S. corporations that currently operate there as controlled foreign corporations would likely relocate if Puerto Rico became a state, causing a loss of 25,000 direct jobs and 50,000 indirect jobs.[20]

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