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minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·8 months agoYou got some solid answers here, but I’ll add this: Puerto Ricans don’t necessarily wish statehood. The issue is controversial down there.
minus-squarejkrtn@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoWhat are the downsides? I have basically zero knowledge about this and wish to learn.
minus-squareFiniteBanjo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoSome of them would have to start paying income taxes, which kind of defeats the only point of living in a US Territory that can be annihilated by a bad hurricane season.
You got some solid answers here, but I’ll add this: Puerto Ricans don’t necessarily wish statehood. The issue is controversial down there.
What are the downsides? I have basically zero knowledge about this and wish to learn.
Some of them would have to start paying income taxes, which kind of defeats the only point of living in a US Territory that can be annihilated by a bad hurricane season.