DACA Drama Drowns Out Puerto Rico's Statehood Drive
Jan 25, 2018 5:39:56 GMT -5
Post by avordvet on Jan 25, 2018 5:39:56 GMT -5
The elites still trying to drag us down into the pit with the rest of the third world welfare requiring shitholes. If we take on the financially/politically bankrupt, debt and crime ridden 'territory' of Puerto Rico, it will help to accelerate the plunge...
DACA Drama Drowns Out Puerto Rico's Statehood Drive
By MRC Latino Staff, January 24, 2018 4:46 PM EST
Our national media talks a big talk when it comes to advocating for equality for all, if their shameless self-promotion is to be believed. However, their treatment of Puerto Rico's official push for admission into the Union as the 51st state makes crystal clear that some causes are more "equal" than others.
It's been exactly two weeks since Puerto Rico's sole non-voting representative in the United States Congress, Jenniffer González (R) presented in a speech on the floor of the House the island's Equality Commission (also known as its "shadow delegation"). The announcement was the fulfillment of a long-awaited campaign promise made by current Governor Ricardo Rosselló (D), which includes the execution of a "Tennessee Plan" that emulates the actions of the first U.S. territory to send a shadow delegation to Congress to lobby for admission as a state.
Puerto Rico's shadow delegation has both heavyweight political chops and is evenly split between Democrats and Republicans, along with one independent, in order to demonstrate the competitiveness of both national parties on the island, as well as get shadow delegation members in front of every single Member of Congress.
www.newsbusters.org/blogs/latino/mrc-latino-staff/2018/01/24/daca-drama-drowns-out-puerto-ricos-statehood-drive
By MRC Latino Staff, January 24, 2018 4:46 PM EST
Our national media talks a big talk when it comes to advocating for equality for all, if their shameless self-promotion is to be believed. However, their treatment of Puerto Rico's official push for admission into the Union as the 51st state makes crystal clear that some causes are more "equal" than others.
It's been exactly two weeks since Puerto Rico's sole non-voting representative in the United States Congress, Jenniffer González (R) presented in a speech on the floor of the House the island's Equality Commission (also known as its "shadow delegation"). The announcement was the fulfillment of a long-awaited campaign promise made by current Governor Ricardo Rosselló (D), which includes the execution of a "Tennessee Plan" that emulates the actions of the first U.S. territory to send a shadow delegation to Congress to lobby for admission as a state.
Puerto Rico's shadow delegation has both heavyweight political chops and is evenly split between Democrats and Republicans, along with one independent, in order to demonstrate the competitiveness of both national parties on the island, as well as get shadow delegation members in front of every single Member of Congress.
www.newsbusters.org/blogs/latino/mrc-latino-staff/2018/01/24/daca-drama-drowns-out-puerto-ricos-statehood-drive
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The high cost of Puerto Rican statehood
By José A. Hernández Mayoral, 04/02/14 05:00 PM EDT
The General Accountability Office has just published its findings on the cost of Puerto Rico statehood and the numbers are not pretty for the U.S. and for the Island. In sum the economic and fiscal costs of statehood would represent an enormous burden for the federal government, U.S. corporations, and every day Puerto Ricans.
GAO reviewed 29 federal programs which account for 86 percent of federal program spending for states or its residents. If Puerto Rico became a state, it could cost the federal government up to $5.2 billion in additional annual funding in those programs alone. According to statements by Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi to the Puerto Rican press, the total sum could reach $10 billion, although he was probably exaggerating.
The cost will not be offset by new revenues.
thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/civil-rights/202347-the-high-cost-of-puerto-rican-statehood
The high cost of Puerto Rican statehood
By José A. Hernández Mayoral, 04/02/14 05:00 PM EDT
The General Accountability Office has just published its findings on the cost of Puerto Rico statehood and the numbers are not pretty for the U.S. and for the Island. In sum the economic and fiscal costs of statehood would represent an enormous burden for the federal government, U.S. corporations, and every day Puerto Ricans.
GAO reviewed 29 federal programs which account for 86 percent of federal program spending for states or its residents. If Puerto Rico became a state, it could cost the federal government up to $5.2 billion in additional annual funding in those programs alone. According to statements by Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi to the Puerto Rican press, the total sum could reach $10 billion, although he was probably exaggerating.
The cost will not be offset by new revenues.
thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/civil-rights/202347-the-high-cost-of-puerto-rican-statehood