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52 sats \ 4 replies \ @nerd2ninja 8 Jan \ parent \ on: Fellow Canadians - thoughts on potentially becoming 51st state Politics_And_Law
Peurto Rico people pay taxes
Not to the feds
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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.
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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.
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Yeah that's admittedly probably cherry picked lol
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