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sharedvalues

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6. Yup.

Wed Aug 21, 2019, 07:26 AM

Aug 2019

First thing: make DC a state.
Then: give PR the option. They’ll probably need to hold a referendum.

PR residents are US citizens but don’t pay income taxes. They held a referendum which voted for statehood but turnout wasn’t that high so I think slightly less than 50% of all PR residents voted for statehood.

DC doesn’t have either issue. DC residents ALREADY pay income tax, and in the recent DC referendum something like 80% of DC residents voted to become a state.

So DC is a no brainer. Make it a state. And give PR the option.

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California, Texas, & Electoral College makes democracy in the U.S. impossible [View all] egbertowillies Aug 2019 OP

Yes, and the Senate is an even BIGGER problem sharedvalues Aug 2019 #1

Puerto Rico? demosincebirth Aug 2019 #4

Yup. sharedvalues Aug 2019 #6

What are we in CA doing to fuck up democracy? The voters turned our state into a Democratic State. wasupaloopa Aug 2019 #2

Because California is doing it right and Texas is starting to evolve, we could likely see egbertowillies Aug 2019 #5

I do not see any solution.. MicaelS Aug 2019 #8

And your problem is? NBachers Aug 2019 #3

Demarcates have immigrated to RED states to make states PURPLE ROB-ROX Aug 2019 #7