Puerto Rico pass referendum to become 51st American state

by BarrileteCosmico Wed Nov 07, 2012 12:10 pm

http://www.gainesville.com/article/20121107/WIRE/121109686?p=1&tc=pg

by RealGunner Wed Nov 07, 2012 12:40 pm

46 percent voted no ? Not a good sign

by Swanhends Wed Nov 07, 2012 12:45 pm

I'd have no qualms with Puerto Rico becoming a state, as long as they WANT to become a state...and with an issue like this, I'm not sure that a 53-47 or 55-45 margin is big enough to make me comfortable with it

If they voted 60-40 (at least) or stronger I'd feel a lot better about it

by zizzle Wed Nov 07, 2012 12:56 pm

RealGunner wrote:46 percent voted no ? Not a good sign

the lost federal tax expemtions are probably the main motive here..

by BarrileteCosmico Wed Nov 07, 2012 1:04 pm

RealGunner wrote:46 percent voted no ? Not a good sign

On the 2nd question they were asked to choose between statehood, more autonomy, and independence with votes of around 60, 35 and 5 respectively. Not quite sure why it was so different than the first question's answers, but it does suggest a majority want it.

Either way there's a long-standing trend of more people favoring more statehood in PR so if it doesn't happen now then maybe in 10, 20 years.

by VivaStPauli Wed Nov 07, 2012 2:10 pm

47% of Puerto Ricans are never going to become Americans, no matter what you tell them. They think they're entitled to tropical weather, latin rhythms and speaking Spanish.

Very Happy

by BarrileteCosmico Wed Nov 07, 2012 4:16 pm

Have you been to the US recently? They're a bilingual country if I've seen one Razz

by RealGunner Wed Nov 07, 2012 4:39 pm

Not surprised at all tbf. Wish we could focus more on foreign languages in here

by free_cat Thu Nov 08, 2012 5:48 am

Don't see why they would want to become a US state. His current situation seems pretty good, with international recognition and big sovereignity, but protected by the US.