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left-of-center2012

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Reply to LVZ (Original post)

Wed Jan 17, 2018, 05:57 PM

Jan 2018

I doubt P.R. would want to be part of N.Y. were they to vote for statehood.

And why would N.Y. want to take on the tax burden of an impoverished Puerto Rico?

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If GOP blocks Puerto Rico statehood, should New York State volunteer to annex the island? [View all] LVZ Jan 2018 OP

Why ... left-of-center2012 Jan 2018 #1

Won't work for many reasons, one being PR is thousands of miles from NY. brush Jan 2018 #2

We need... Mike Nelson Jan 2018 #3

New York would get 4 or 5 more Representatives ... LVZ Jan 2018 #5

If GOP blocks Puerto Rican statehood marylandblue Jan 2018 #4

So how would the gop block it? awesomerwb1 Jan 2018 #6