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I used to be wishy washy about PR becoming a state. Now I'm 100% behind it. This is what happens with taxation without representation. Eventually you get screwe

• panarky 9y ago
  > taxation without representation Residents of Puerto Rico don't pay Federal income tax. They do pay other Federal taxes such as social security and import duties. A number of hedge fund managers and other high-net-worth people have established homes in PR just to avoid Federal income tax. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxation_in_Puerto_Rico https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxation_in_Puerto_Rico
  • matt_wulfeck 9y ago
    and those are taxes all citizens of our country pay.
  • deleted 9y ago
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  • Swizec 9y ago
    > > taxation without representation > Residents of Puerto Rico don't pay Federal income tax. As an immigrant I get to both pay federal taxes and can’t vote, so no representation. :) Just pointing out they’re not necessarily correlated.
    • anarazel 9y ago
      > As an immigrant I get to both pay federal taxes and can’t vote, so no representation. :) Well, generally constitutional rights don't fully apply to us non-citizens. Don't think that's a very meaningful argument in this context.
  • rayiner 9y ago
    Puerto Ricans are eligible for social security and Medicare, so they’re getting something in return for those. Puerto Rican corporations also don’t pay federal corporation tax.
    • ryan_j_naughton 9y ago
      But they don't have a vote on whether those entitlement should even exist in the first place.
      • rayiner 9y ago
        There have been public referendums over the decades. Only the 2017 one turned out in favor of statehood, and it had only 22% turnout. Public opinion polling only supports statehood by a slim majority.
        • bluetwo 9y ago
          Try that again in a month.
• lsh123 9y ago
  I believe that there is no personal tax in PR.