It would be more democratic if Puerto Rico had the same congressional representation as a state. Same with DC. Also, maybe the number of senators for every state should be proportional to population, again to make things more democratic.
this post was submitted on 30 Oct 2024
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If we really cared about PR we would have pushed for this a long time ago. This is news because of a joke but we live in the united states of amnesia, by next monday this will all be forgotten.
My family and friends who are Puerto Rican talk about this nonstop. People in gov positions who are Puerto Rican also being it up.
Most of the time it's brought up, it's never been newsworthy.
Didn't they recently vote to not become a state?
Not as such, but it wasn't clear cut either. Partly due to the ballot language, it says.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rico_statehood_movement
Although the previous two referendums (November 2012 and June 2017) also had ostensibly pro-statehood outcomes, The New York Times described them as "marred, with ballot language phrased to favor the party in office".
For example, the fourth referendum, held in November 2012, asked voters (1) whether they wanted to maintain the current political status of Puerto Rico and, if not, (2) which alternative status they prefer. Of the fifty-four percent (54.0%) who voted "No" on maintaining the status quo, 61.11% chose statehood, 33.34% chose free association, and 5.55% chose independence.
Does anyone support this at the federal level currently?
why not oppose US colonialism and support Puerto Rican independence instead of statehood?
25% of their GDP is federal money given by the US government and they have $37 Billion in public debt. Independence would demolish their economy right now. They would need a long onramp (or offramp, as it were) to make that work, but if it's what they wanted to do, I would certainly support it.
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