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[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

What are the downsides to becoming a state?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Puerto Rico doesn't pay federal taxes

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

PR is so poor that very few there would pay income tax. The majority of people would actually receive money due to the EITC.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

Poor people voting against their own interests because a rich asshole told them to is an American tradition, I guess they’re definitely ready!