coxo, you've obviously never been to Puerto Rico, or even met anybody from there. Does the phrase taxation without representation ring any bells? That's Puerto Rico. Also, my (English) aunt currently residing in Columbia, South Carolina. Puerto Ricans are missing quite a lot of rights, such as the right to decide which war they are about to be drafted into fighting
Please see Rummy.
Strangely a poll on where the future of Taiwan is headed in the future 15% said US.
Who voted in this? The Taiwanese people? If so, that is surprising. But do you reall ythink the US would allow it? Such action could toss the US into a very bitter and confusing conflict.
If the words of US and Guyana intergration is heard by Chavez though we all know he will go off the handle.
Going by the numbers, we already have something like 40% of the population here, might as well, right. As for Chavez, he can go suck it.
As to becoming a state, a territory has to want to become a state and draft its constitution. Thats from US History. And so far, public opinion goes 33% Want to, 33 % Dont want and would prefer to be independent to the US and like always 33 % dont give a rat's ass and would like to keep the system as is. So, its not becoming a state any time soon because it doesnt want to. However, it doesnt want to become its own state.
I say suck it and annex that be-atch already.
Big Cities like NY and Chicago wont easily be seprated from their states because theyre economic powerhouses in their own respects. The states that they belong to wont release the states so easily and also will not be able to deal with such a massive change. Not to mention new state to state laws and structures that would need to be formed.
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Yeah, if you think about it, those massive cities in many of those states are what is keeping the rest of the state alive. Think how much state tax revenue comes from NYC, Chicago, etc. Washington on the other hand, could easily become a state as it is already its own entity.
I'm surprised noone has brought up losing a state yet though. Texas is the only state in the Union with the right to legally and legitimately secede from the Union(and thereby cripple the rest of the USA, Texas contains so much of what the country needs to keep running its ridiculous).