08-02-2018, 12:42 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-02-2018, 12:44 PM by David Horn.)
(08-02-2018, 12:19 PM)Marypoza Wrote: -- now that you mention it, Puerto Rico has neen trying to bcome a state 4ever, but has been unsuccessful so far. Not everybody there wants it to be a state, alot of ppl there would rather stay a commonwealth. Apparantly commonwealths have more freedoms than full fledged states.
There are advantages and disadvantages to remaining partially outside the US umbrella. Hurricane Maria would have triggered a different US government response to the state of Puerto Rico than the stiff-arm response we gave PR as a territory. On the other hand, PR can offer special tax avoidance schemes to companies if they locate there.
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