Re: I voted- did you?
Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 12:52 am
Why would they want that?Wrider wrote:A vote I found interesting... Puerto Rico has voted that it wants to become a state...
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Re: I voted- did you?
Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 1:17 am
Go 51!
Re: I voted- did you?
Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 2:38 am
Well as a commonwealth, they're not allowed to vote on matters like federal law, they can't vote for President, and they don't have representation in Congress, but they do pay taxes. However they pay lower taxes and basically govern themselves.
Re: I voted- did you?
Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 3:06 am
As a resident of the commonwealth of Virginia, I have a sneaking suspicion it is due to their status as an unincorporated territoryWrider wrote:Well as a commonwealth, they're not allowed to vote on matters like federal law, they can't vote for President, and they don't have representation in Congress, but they do pay taxes. However they pay lower taxes and basically govern themselves.
Still the more I read about this the more I'm interested in the various dynamics that may or may not lead to statehood.
Re: I voted- did you?
Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 11:06 am
Whoops, I was under the impression they were a commonwealth and Virginia was a state... Weird.
All I know is that here I don't have to worry about Hurricanes...
All I know is that here I don't have to worry about Hurricanes...
Re: I voted- did you?
Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 11:23 am
Re: I voted- did you?
Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2012 3:32 pm
Voted - ching!