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Plenty of US citizens are in a similar situation: namely those who are in territories that are not US States, like Puerto Rico. Some US nationals are not even U
by amanaplanacanal 9mo ago
Plenty of US citizens are in a similar situation: namely those who are in territories that are not US States, like Puerto Rico. Some US nationals are not even US citizens: those from American Samoa carry US passports but are not considered citizens.
- viccis 9mo agoNot just them, but undocumented immigrants here pay close to $100 billion a year in taxes. Immigrants as a broader category here in the US make up around 20% of our total tax revenue.
- munchler 9mo agoCitizens of Washington, DC are in the same boat. They can vote for president, but have no representation in congress.
- CobrastanJorji 9mo agoTo nitpick: they have a representative, but she's not allowed to vote.
- munchler 9mo agoTo double nitpick: She's a delegate, not a representative. There are also non-voting members from Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands.
- watwut 9mo agoAnd also, people like blog author - foreigners with work visa. There are plenty of those, they pay taxes and they dont vote.