Remember when I said I'd start making posts yesterday? Well I kindof sortof maybe fell asleep because government is boring. It's important to know and it's nice to hear about but I'm on vacation so I'm lazy. Sorry.
PROS
~Puerto Rico costs the U.S. over $22 billion a year. However, as a state it will contribute nearly $2 billion to the U.S. Treasury each year.
~Equally share government benefits.
~Job creation and income benefits.
~Economic growth for the Island.
~They do not exercise sovereignty over their own affairs so Congress controls the destiny of Puerto Rico.
~Improved quality of living.
~They're not allowed to vote for the President of the United States or have any say in the making of the laws that apply to them.
~Gain Tax relief
~They will have an open market to trade with all nations that are in alliance with the U.S.
~Full participation in Federal programs
~Improved Healthcare
CONS
~They are concerned they will lose their Spanish heritage and culture if they become a state. ~They would not be recognized as an individual nation in the Olympic Games nor have a representative in their Miss Universe Pageant, which they have won three times.
~English is mandatory in Puerto Rico’s public schools, but it is taught as a foreign language. Students rarely receive more than 50 minutes of English instruction per day. Fewer than 20 percent of Puerto Ricans can speak English fluently.
~If it becomes a state,they will no longer be exempt from Federal income tax.
I think Puerto Rico shouldn't become a state because our flag would look stupid with 51 stars. That's my only personal reason against it. I really like having 50 states and the 50 states song. But those are just opinions that aren't really good arguments against it so Puerto Rico should and is probably going to become a state.
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