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31 sats \ 5 replies \ @john_doe OP 3 Feb \ parent \ on: How to legally stop paying income tax in America Politics_And_Law
I didn't know this. I have met Marines from Puerto Rico in Tokyo, so I thought they had representation since they could enroll in the army.
Puerto Ricians are citizens of the US. They can join the military and all sorts of things. They are just in a territory, for now. It looks like they have had several referenda over becoming a state and they have all failed. I guess there are a lot of advantages to being a territory and not a state.
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The big problem for Puerto Rico, vis a vis statehood, is that their economy cannot survive being subject to US regulations. Another perk of being a territory is that many regulations do not apply.
Initially, the federal minimum wage was imposed on Puerto Rico and it was devastating. Most of their workers produce below the federal minimum wage (or did at the time), which led to massive job losses, IIRC.
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That just goes to show you that the regulations and laws are nothing more than interference in and hampering the economy. I think they are smart to avoid being a state and accepting all the BS that comes with it.
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The only real benefit to statehood, that I'm aware of, is that you might get a representative who manages to funnel more money than average into your local economy. It's a really bad deal.
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Not only funnel money into the local economy, but funnel tons of money into their own pockets and the pockets of their families and cronies. Just look at what is being exposed in the Senate and about Bi-Den. It is unbelievable. I just wonder what they will find out about the missing money from Ukraine!! That is a whopping lot of cash to up and disappear into thin air. I wonder if Kamala burned most of it up in her electorial escapades.
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