Why can't the 4 million U.S. citizens living in Puerto Rico be able to vote, is it true what the website
www.independencia.net
say about "US COLONIALISM IN PUERTO RICO"?
2007-06-03 12:31:52 · 5 answers · asked by Lola Wiki 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Civic Participation
Puerto Rico use to have it good. Once they chased off the Military, their local economy died. At one time they wanted to become at state. That was defeated by those who were in power in PR. Now their local economy is shot, they are complaining and once again this country gets the blamed. Their local leaders failed them not the US.
2007-06-03 13:57:26 · answer #1 · answered by wainwater27 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The US while trying to convince the world that democracy is a good system, does not want to lose a territory like Puerto Rico which it can exploit to serve its interests and use it as a strategic point within the vicinity of South America.
2007-06-03 23:16:33 · answer #2 · answered by FRAGINAL, JTM 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Conservatives have an innate hypocrisy gene. some are not even conscious of it. that is like claiming to be the occasion of "kinfolk values and christian conservative, yet helping applicants like John Ensign, David Vitter etc. It makes them declare to wish smaller government yet including an unfunded senior drug income to Medicare. It makes them create the main important paperwork ever in native land protection. It makes them shrink taxes then borrow money to fund 2 wars. that is an unusual and unreasonable place they positioned themselves in and is the main significant reason they could on no account settle for any ability in government in any respect.
2016-12-30 16:31:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
All they have to do is become a state. No statehood, no voting. The choice is theirs
2007-06-04 04:49:27 · answer #4 · answered by Boomrat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2007-06-03 12:34:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋