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[–] JuiceTown 2 points 1 point (+3|-2) ago  (edited ago)

Puerto Rico is desperate for a bailout. Sixty years of socialist policy has left them economically crippled and hobbling toward a similar fate as Venezuela. They need to become part of the Union because they cannot stand on their own.

The Puerto Rican equivalent to the baby boomers (whatever they're called) are reaching retirement age and have no safety net to rely on. Their economy is facing collapse because old, non-working people are very expensive -- mostly because of healthcare. Their old people are desperate to become Americans so they can live another twenty years and not have to pay for it. Perhaps they should just die.

One thing for certain is that if Democrats were in power, they'd make PR a state in a heartbeat to bring 3.5 million new Democrats/Communists into their voter base. If PR wants independence, give them independence. But stateship? lol. They're not even white

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[–] CHOOCHOOMF 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

60 years of socialist policy might be enough to REDPILL them into fiscal responsibility. Look at the Cubans, experience tends to change minds.