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140 sats \ 11 replies \ @Undisciplined 8 Jan \ parent \ on: Fellow Canadians - thoughts on potentially becoming 51st state Politics_And_Law

It better, since you're all going to be Canadians living in the US pretty soon.

23 sats \ 9 replies \ @grayruby 8 Jan

Better not let us vote. Unless you like permanent power for the Dems.

40 sats \ 7 replies \ @Undisciplined 8 Jan

Being a territory is a better deal than being a state anyway. I suggest Canada negotiate for that. No voting and no taxes.

39 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby 8 Jan

No federal taxes but our next socialist governor will make territory income tax 60%.

40 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 8 Jan

Sure, but that was going to happen either way.

52 sats \ 4 replies \ @nerd2ninja 8 Jan

Peurto Rico people pay taxes

20 sats \ 3 replies \ @Undisciplined 8 Jan

Not to the feds

55 sats \ 2 replies \ @nerd2ninja 8 Jan

Yes they do.

Peurto Ricans don't pay federal income tax on income derived from within Peurto Rico.

Man look at all those qualifiers.

Workers in Puerto Rico pay Social Security taxes, self-employment taxes, and more. IRS figures for 2023 show that Puerto Rico paid $5,140,301, compared with Vermont’s $5,660,731.

https://puertoricoreport.com/federal-taxes-in-puerto-rico/

20 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 8 Jan

Oh dang. I didn't realize they paid Social Security taxes. I don't even know what "self-employment taxes" are.

The comparison to Vermont is strange, since Vermont is much smaller.

34 sats \ 0 replies \ @nerd2ninja 8 Jan

Yeah that's admittedly probably cherry picked lol

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @nerd2ninja 8 Jan

You'll be like Peurto Rico. Forever a territory, never a state

40 sats \ 0 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 8 Jan

This was slick