3 ms·

You got exclusivity on Puerto Rico on the other hand. That didn't get free after the invasion.

by 54r4rf 3y ago

ggm 3y ago
FEMA struggling to spend the money to get back on top from Hurricane Ian. If I was Boricuas I'd feel very "are we 2nd class citizens again?" about this.
- yieldcrv 3y ago
  “again” aside from it being trendy to say equality and espouse those values, what about PR’s status suggests the residents would be anything other than a 2nd class of citizen under the United States?
  - anon291 3y ago
    Puerto Rico keeps getting asked if they want to be a state and keeps saying no.
    - yieldcrv 3y ago
      The current Supreme Court has suggested being open to revisiting the insular cases That would create additional outcomes to PR that they are never asked about The insular cases are pretty unrecognizably appallingly racist for what we expect of the court, really go read them, so I could see them overruling it and wind up dropping Puerto Rico and Congress being unable to reach consensus on any other outcome
      - ggm 3y ago
        Absolutely fascinating reading. Bound up in identity politics, but also shenanigans about how votes are counted, whats on the ballot, what combination of local politics vs the financial consequences for individuals (tax, benefits) you look at. Puerto Rican's would gain some things in medicaid, have to pay different rates of tax, and lose some status in UN and LAC community contexts. On the mainland, both major parties ostensibly support in principle self determination. That said, I don't see how the current political landscape could produce it, given the fracture lines. I loved this footnote in the wiki page: Another misconception is that the import/export taxes collected by the U.S. on products manufactured in Puerto Rico are all returned to the Puerto Rico Treasury. This is not the case. Such import/export taxes are returned only for rum products, and even then the U.S. Treasury keeps a portion of those taxes

You got exclusivity on Puerto Rico on the other hand. That didn't get free after the invasion.

by 54r4rf 3y ago

You got exclusivity on Puerto Rico on the other hand. That didn't get free after the invasion.

ggm 3y ago

FEMA struggling to spend the money to get back on top from Hurricane Ian. If I was Boricuas I'd feel very "are we 2nd class citizens again?" about this.

yieldcrv 3y ago
“again” aside from it being trendy to say equality and espouse those values, what about PR’s status suggests the residents would be anything other than a 2nd class of citizen under the United States?
- anon291 3y ago
  Puerto Rico keeps getting asked if they want to be a state and keeps saying no.
  - yieldcrv 3y ago
    The current Supreme Court has suggested being open to revisiting the insular cases That would create additional outcomes to PR that they are never asked about The insular cases are pretty unrecognizably appallingly racist for what we expect of the court, really go read them, so I could see them overruling it and wind up dropping Puerto Rico and Congress being unable to reach consensus on any other outcome
    - ggm 3y ago
      Absolutely fascinating reading. Bound up in identity politics, but also shenanigans about how votes are counted, whats on the ballot, what combination of local politics vs the financial consequences for individuals (tax, benefits) you look at. Puerto Rican's would gain some things in medicaid, have to pay different rates of tax, and lose some status in UN and LAC community contexts. On the mainland, both major parties ostensibly support in principle self determination. That said, I don't see how the current political landscape could produce it, given the fracture lines. I loved this footnote in the wiki page: Another misconception is that the import/export taxes collected by the U.S. on products manufactured in Puerto Rico are all returned to the Puerto Rico Treasury. This is not the case. Such import/export taxes are returned only for rum products, and even then the U.S. Treasury keeps a portion of those taxes