I dont understand the games being played in this farce of the people of PuertoRico ,to [vote] for staus , statehood [ death ] Independence[ dignity] or commonweath, [colony]. Is all farce! Why has congress not resolve the issue with dignity , as pertains to laws of the United nations? be sincere! No excuses! Spain never did sign the Paris Treaty of 1898, so the United States in accordance with international laws, must act accordingly!!
2007-05-11 05:37:34 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Because it is convenient for the U.S. to keep Puerto Rico in the limbo that exist right now. The Republicans are afraid of a new state that in their opinion will sent 6 to 7 representatives and 2 senators to Congress for the Democrats and compromise their conservative revolution, because as things stand right now with the 50%-50% split between Reps and Dems, 6 to 7 congressmen and 2 senators make a big difference. This also plays at the state level, since if Puerto Rico were to become a state, it will have more representatives than 26 states, so those states, whether they Republican controlled or Democrat controlled, do not want their influence diminished in the House of Representatives. So in the end, it is politics as usual, keep Puerto Rico where it is, because you have lots of puertorricans that serve in the Armed Forces and in this climate that the Armed Forces recruitment is going down, you will not want to make Puerto Rico independence because you cannot recruit there as effectively as now. In a nutshell, the farce of Commonwealth benefits the U.S. and the greedy puertorrican politicians that benefit from keeping Puerto Rico exactly where it is right now. The PDP (Popular Democratic Party) in Puerto Rico will become irrelevant if either statehood or independence is granted to Puerto Rico and as such, they are doing all they can to stop the process at every step of the way, including allying themselves with xenophobes such as the English Only lobbying group, which hate everybody that they do not consider an american, since in their narrow definition of who is an american, the only standard is that you speak english only. So I guess I am disqualified, since I speak spanish and english, I am puertorrican and follow closely anything that has to do with the place of my birth and where the bulk of my family still lives. And yes, Puerto Rico is a colony of the U.S. It can be called Commonwealth or "Estado Libre Asociado", which translates literally to Free Associated State, but Puerto Rico is not Free, is not a State and it is not Associated, because in an association both partners have equal say and Puerto Rico has no say whatsoever in its future.
2007-05-11 05:52:02 · answer #1 · answered by William Q 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. Puerto Rico is not a colony. A colony is established by citizens of a foriegn power, and used by that power as source of raw materials, and a market for finished goods in a system called mercantilism. Mercantilism is defunct. Puerto Rico is inhabited by spanish-speaking Puerto Ricans, not english-speaking American colonists. There are cities in souther California that have much more resemblance to Mexican colonies than Puerto Rico has to an American colony.
Puerto Rico does have an odd status, and it would make a lot of sense for it either to be granted statehood, or independence. As a democracy, America obviously feels that the fairest thing to do is leave it to a vote of the people. So far, the people have aparently shown they /like/ thier ambiguous status, in which they have internal autonomy, plus the benefits of US protection and economic ties.
2007-05-11 05:51:38 · answer #2 · answered by B.Kevorkian 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Puerto Rico is not a colony. We prefer to call it a territory. The official title is The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. They are under our protection, use the US dollar as their currency and have laws in keeping with US traditions. However their is a huge difference in culture and language between Puerto Rico and the rest of the US that it is not practical to make them a state. The don't seem to want statehood anyway.
2007-05-11 05:43:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Are you suggesting Puerto Rico, Philippines and Cuba still belong to Spain?
2007-05-11 05:47:53 · answer #4 · answered by Handy man 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Puerto Rico is like herpes. We can't seem to be able to get rid of it.
If put to a vote, I think most Americans would prefer to let that money-pit island go.
2007-05-11 05:52:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
in fact because of the fact it wasn't their subject. 2d i don't think of South usa of america might have like the belief in concern of fixing Spain for yet another Imperial grasp; in the event that they might have carried out it then, according to possibility as we talk South usa of america does not be self sufficient.
2016-10-04 21:56:03 · answer #6 · answered by kelchner 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the people of puerto rico dont want to become part of the US cause then they would have to pay taxes. They can collect social security, but pay no taxes to the USA. time to cut them off..Let them survive on their own.
2007-05-11 05:42:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
What are you talking about? What could be more democratic than a vote by the people this impacts?
2007-05-11 05:42:01 · answer #8 · answered by Brian 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋