• shalafi@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    You got some solid answers here, but I’ll add this: Puerto Ricans don’t necessarily wish statehood. The issue is controversial down there.

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      7 months ago

      What are the downsides? I have basically zero knowledge about this and wish to learn.

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        7 months ago

        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.