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In Reply to: RE: Possibly just shrink the District and incorporate the neighborhoods into existing states. posted by rivervalley817 on April 22, 2021 at 20:25:31:
The Democratic party platform has waffled.
Puerto Rico pays some federal taxes, but not federal income taxes. Overall, they are a net recipient of federal money. One motivation behind Republican support for statehood is to get Puerto Ricans to "pay their fair share" i.e. income taxes. Another motivation was having a stronger presence in the Caribbean to counter Cuban influence.
Somehow in the 2020 election cycle, a lot of Republicans forgot about their 5 decades of supporting Puerto Rican statehood, while Democrats started to see PR as a potentially gridlock-breaking blue state. Trump's high profile feud with Carmen Cruz probably had something to do with that.
But it would be foolish to assume that PR would be a reliable blue state. Puerto Ricans are generally social conservatives, and favor tight immigration policy.
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- Funny that PR statehood has been part of the Republican party platform for decades - Dave_K 04/23/2105:51:36 04/23/21 (9)
- RE: Funny that PR statehood has been part of the Republican party platform for decades - rivervalley817 09:01:02 04/23/21 (0)
- They all think short term. - ghost of olddude55 06:29:32 04/23/21 (7)
- Puerto Rician's didn't want it. - Mr Steed 08:25:45 04/23/21 (6)
- There was just a referendum last year - Dave_K 10:23:21 04/23/21 (0)
- RE: Puerto Rician's didn't want it. - rivervalley817 09:11:45 04/23/21 (0)
- Loss of identity - peppy m. 09:01:04 04/23/21 (3)
- RE: Loss of identity - rivervalley817 09:13:33 04/23/21 (0)
- RE: Loss of identity - Sondek 09:12:37 04/23/21 (0)
- RE: Loss of identity - Mr Steed 09:12:31 04/23/21 (0)