Reasons Puerto Rico Hasn’t Been Granted Statehood
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This one’s particularly stupid. Puerto Rico doesn’t WANT statehood, it isn’t that the U.S. doesn’t want to grant it to them.
It’s a picture on the internet.
CALM THE HELL DOWN AND LAUGH AT IT.
hahahaha!!! mandatory humor! thanks emily. i lolled.
I can’t. Someone is wrong on the Internet.
Terell and 123 others like this. b +123
Depressed haters dont. p +1
Yeah, they vote on it, not the Congress. And they vote no.
*realizes the repetition here… *sighs*
THANK YOU!! I’m glad this was addressed
Thank you, I wondered if someone else posted this
Puerto Rico is divided into three groups and one of them wants statehood. Just because you dont want it doesn mean everyone else does.
Its funny when people talk about something they have no idea on. I AM FROM MAYAGUEZ, PR. I VOTED on that referendum and the chosen option was: NO CHANGE!!. We want it to stay as it is because right now we have ALL the BENEFITS of being a State without any of the responsabilities (TAXES). Obviously we will chose statehood if the option of staying like it is (Commonwealth) is not a posibility.
Living in PR I can agree with you 100%. This is stupid.
It would be a huge mistake to give these fools statehood. They as a group are worlds dumbest people. Let them become a third would country!
As per the previous census in the 1990s, Puerto Ricans were given 4 options to choose from: 1) statehood, 2) commonwealth, 3) independence, or 4) none of the above – the majority chose, “none of the above.” But if a new census were created that asks Puerto Ricans what they’d choose: statehood or independence (only those 2 options), the vast majority would pick the former and only a handful would pick the latter. I’d have to differ with you on that, it isn’t Puerto Rico that chooses. History between the U.S. and the island serves as evidence that it’s the U.S. government that solely grants statehood and legitimizes the process toward any status change. As we say in Puerto Rico, “si no mueven un dedo, nada ocurrirá,” (if they don’t move a finger, nothing will happen).
Puerto Rico doesn’t WANT to become a state. After all, they get all the benefits of being a state, without having to pay any of our taxes.
Common fallacy.
True: they have voted against statehood several times.
True: they don’t pay federal taxes.
False: they get all the benefits of statehood.
When was the last time they got to vote in a federal election? When have they gotten any representation in the federal government (i.e. Representatives or Senators)? They haven’t.
Actually… they can vote in primaries, and those who chose to be US citizens can vote in the general election. The 08 Democratic primary saw a lot of activity over there trying to win their delegates. And they are in fact represented in Congress, albeit by a nonvoting delegate. And lastly, they don’t pay federal income tax, true, but they do pay into Medicare and Social Security and pay their own income tax to PR.
Having family over there has brought up these questions several times
Not quite right.
They all have US citizenship, none of them chooses whether or not to have it.
However, unless they are residents of the 50 states + DC, they can’t vote.
It’s quite a bummer for those in PR that do pay federal income tax, like Federal employees, and those whose income is derived from mainland US sources (like me) for example.
true: we do pay most federal taxes but we dont submit federal income tax.
ask all the families of the people who have died or have been wounded in wars of yhe USA jx we have not paid our dues. We are a nation that is afraid of freedom, to take command of our destiny and assume the consequences. Like what happened to many slaves when they were emancipated. Sad to say, but true.
political understanding FAIL
I concur.
i think its funny
Made me chuckle.
It is a nice number though. If we made them a state, we’d have to sell Vermont to Canada.
I think we would have to pay Canada to take Vermont.
We’re friendly, eh, so it’s no problem, eh!
Yeah, just trying to figure out a price. And thanks again for hockey.
Or we could sell them Alaska. Send them Sarah Palin to worry about, and we trade inhospitable tundras for balmy beaches. Now which state could we give to whom to give DC statehood…
Would anyone have a problem with this? I’m seeing nothing but benefits.
What about the maple syrup? We can’t let Canada monopolize all the GOOD maple syrup! I agree with Casa: give ‘em Michigan. Or we can give New Mexico to Mexico. Leave the ‘New’ states for us up north.
Did you meant: returning New Mexico to Mexico?
I thought it was alwayes understood we’d be giving Canadia Michigan? Since it’s like, all out in the lake there eh?
Just let Texas become its own country.
HELL YES!
The US bought Texas for what they’re worth. Now if we can sell them for what they THINK they’re worth, we could erase the Federal Debt.
HELL no. As a south Texan, I must recommend selling us to Mexico. You can keep the redneck north/west/east texans.
Selling Texas? Hell no. We’ll just leave, secede, then make the rest of the states pay for the oil and plastics we refine. As well as cotton, and beef. Maybe we’ll force every texas steakhouse to pay some form on franchise fee. XD
But yeah. If we leave you take make PR a state.
god people on this site are uptight. funny graph!
I think pointing out that a graph is not funny because the origin of the graph is floundering in fallacies is not uptight, just using the comment page to comment. (And I loved my own stupid alliteration’floundering in fallacies’.)
Props RJ
On the alliteration, just as much as the point of the comment
Well, it would be funnier if it was accurate-
but props to the creator for knowing the PR is part of the US, not another country.
And, while 50 is even, 51 = 3*17, which is pretty cool.
“51 = 3*17, which is pretty cool”
Maybe so, but sure doesn’t fit well on the flag. Maybe 3 rows of 8 stars and three rows of 9 stars alternating? Might work.
You forgot: Puerto Rico doesn’t WANT statehood. They like their current state. They can send teams to the Olympics ‘n’ stuff.
no man, we TOTALLY have 57 states
and one more to go
Aren’t states normally incepted in twos anyway?
If thats the case, we really screwed up at the start (13 states?!?)
Research FAIL. The US does not decide whether or not Puerto Rico becomes a state. Puerto Ricans vote on this issue. Although the decision is becoming closer and closer (for statehood) each time they hold this vote – it is still THEIR decision. Not ours. The only part the US plays is helping Puerto Rico become a state or become an independent country (only 3% of voters) if they chose to do so.
Sense of humor FAIL.
yeah it’s their decision and since i don’t see any one from PR rushing to actually do something for a living (instead of leeching of the US) I don’t see them becoming a state any time soon.
Most people in Puerto Rico do have jobs and careers and in no way need to “Leech” of the US. I am an architecture student. I both study and work (and don’t sleep much) so that i can pay for college, and have never received any type of federal funding or help. We don’t even get to vote, and yet we are directly affected by the decisions of the US government (i.e going to war, because they might not let us vote, but they sure let us go fight their wars.) Generalizing is never a good idea, for example if I were to generalize about americans just by your comment, id say they are all ignorant a-holes, but that might offend all the well-informed, intelligent ones, so i wont.
I applaud you!
My two cents.
Let me show you them.
I am also a hard-working Puertorican, born and raised in Ponce. I bust my hump in college and at work 6 days of the week. So, you can take the comment and shove it. I would also like to add a little tid-bit to the person that made this graph about our “Petty Nationalism”. Did you know that a lot of the Department Heads in NASA are Puertorican, born, raised, and educated here? NASA comes down here to our UPR Campus in Mayaguez to recruit ‘leeches’ like us. Did you know that in every field worth mentioning, there are Puertoricans adding in their two cents, excelling and bringing pride to us? And our soldiers are pretty damn good to fight in your wars. And we have 5 Miss Universe winners, when landmasses that are several hundred times our size don’t. It’s not about not having a sense of humor, because I can laugh at most anything. But calling my National Pride ‘petty nationalism’ is offensive, and ignorant.
My two cents.
I has shown you them.
I applaud you too!
you could also add “no room on the flag for one more star”
or, ” we don’t need another ‘rich’ port…Kennebunkport, anyone?”
and btw…have a sense of humor people. do we really have to “fact check” these graphs? they’re supposed to be funny jokes, not serious fact reporting. get a grip!
ahs the seecreteery of statt., PR doent wahnt state whood. we liek 50 and 50 ees bettah. Yae!
Fail – the only reason Puerto Rico isn’t a state isn’t on the chart.
We’ll take Alaska and Palin, but you have to keep Celine Dion
It’s a DEAL!
At least Celine Dion shuts up occasionally.
Maverick!
We took Detroit in 1812, but we gave it back. Why would we want it again?
We’ll take Alaska AND Palin, but you have to keep Celine Dion
Obviously the big fat server error I’m getting is actually a nesting error. At least I know where my posts went now
Ooh! Nesting works now
Puetro Rico doesn’t WANT statehood.
Did you not notice the numerous other people who said that already? Hello? Is this thing on?
If 50 is such a nice round number, why isn’t that section worth 50% of the graph?
/ocd
Hahahahahah, Nice
And yeah, you guys flag would look wierd with51 stars on it.
Thats why we have a circle of them on our flag in the EU, Very easy to expand ;
)
… except we don’t expand. It’s always been 12 stars, before and after there were 12 member states.
hahaha i actually had the same thought. /cod (it’s like OCD, but in alpha order!)
cdo?
Yeah, that’s what they meant
this is one of the dumbest graphs for the sake of making a graph ive ever seen…..
There are actually only 46 states. Technically. Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia are officially commonwealths. They have all the same constitutional powers as states, they just chose that word to describe themselves after the War of Independence. Puerto Rico is also a commonwealth, as are the Northern Mariana Islands in the Pacific.
and Guam
There are actually only 46 states. Technically. Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia are officially commonwealths. They have all the same constitutional powers as states, they just chose that word to describe themselves after the War of Independence. Puerto Rico is also a commonwealth of the US, as are the Northern Mariana Islands in the Pacific.
I hate it when that happens.
I found it pretty funny and I’m a puertorican myself.
So I don’t understand all of this, people gettin uptight about this.
IT’S A JOKE, PEOPLE!
bee tee dubs… we DO have taxes.
And our government sucks balls. :\
Its about time we join the Union. PR’s have been fighting in every American War since WWI. More of our citizens, per capita, have died in Iraq than any other state. We should be allowed to vote for the person who sends us to war. We lose nothing but gain everything. Spanish will still be spoken by the citizens but federal business will be conducted in English. Hell Spanish is spoken on the mainland almost everywhere. Any where you call you have an option for Spanish. Hawaii still speaks Hawaiian. Stop the scare tactics. No olympic team from PR. Who cares. When is the last time they swept the olympics. Besides you can still join the US olympic team. No Ms Universe representative, who cares. What the hell has she ever done to improve our standard of living. Besides you will have a representative in the Miss USA pageant who intern goes to the Ms Universe pageant. You will not lose your flag. All states have their own flag but in return the US flag will have a star for PR. You will not lose your culture. PR’s are PR’s everywhere. Look at NYC, Miami, Philly, Boston etc. PR festivals in all those cities. The reason PR has voted no for statehood is a bit muddy. Its because of all the opitons on the ballot and the scare tactics to confuse people. Commonwealth is temporary. The ballot should have independence or statehood and at least 90 percent would vote for statehood. Most PR’s who criticize statehood, are living in the US. How hypocritical. And the PR’s who are against it on the island dont have a problem getting government funds from the US. If it werent for the US, PR would be Cuba #2. I am Puerto Rican-American and would not change it for the world. Statehood NOW!!!
I agree with you I myself I am Puerto Rican American. I would love for puertorico to Become Statehood.
Puerto Rico doesn’t have the population to be considered a state. In order to apply for statehood a U.S. owned land has to have a certain population.
Puerto Rico has more population than some states, that precisely why Puerto Rico can’t vote for the president.
puerto rican are stupid, all of them….
They dont want to be a state, they voted it on it already
I think we should take up Puerto Rico and kick out Alaska so Palin can’t run in 2012!
It’s a win-win!
Didn’t Puerto Ricans get drafted into the Army in every American conflict since World War I. Weren’t they granted U.S. Citizenship with the Jones Act of 1917. Don’t they already cost the US $10 billion a year just to prop up their economy. If they are going to serve and die for their country, they ought to be able to vote for president and have representation. Oh, and by the way, they already federal income taxes. Don’t we have laws against taxation without representation?
i’m more confused now than when i started…lol. wow! they should have to pay taxes if they are not. that’s not fair at all…IF it is true.
Puerto Rico pays taxes.
yeah, where the hell would they put the star?!?