Favonius Cornelius Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 Should Puerto Rico become the 51st state of the union and what ramifications would this have on the culinary scope of American cuisine? How does this relate to Cuba's Elian? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLavius Valerius Constantinus Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 Should Puerto Rico become the 51st state of the union and what ramifications would this have on the culinary scope of American cuisine? How does this relate to Cuba's Elian? I don't think this has to do with Elian or Cuba at all. Puerto Rico could have easily become the 51st state, but unfortunately, they voted no. They almost did become, but then almost did not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Porcius Cato Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 Latin rights for Puerto Rico! Castro delenda est. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLavius Valerius Constantinus Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 (edited) Latin rights for Puerto Rico! Castro delenda est. Huh, we're talking about Puerto Rico here. Castro really has no influence in Puerto Rico. Edited January 9, 2006 by FLavius Valerius Constantinus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Porcius Cato Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 Huh, we're talking about Puerto Rico here. Castro really has no influence in Puerto Rico. Read the original question. It had two parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLavius Valerius Constantinus Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 I suppose your right then. Still, what does Elian have to do with Puerto Rico. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pantagathus Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 This is an on going issue. The P-R population is rather split in regards to Statehood. From an ideological standpoint most are for it; but practical matters like taxation and the mortality of certain other of their sovereign laws under the Federal System hold them back. When it all comes down to it, the reason it hasn't happend is almost the same as why the US hasn't converted to the metric system... too much money to switch all the flags to have 51 stars... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Favonius Cornelius Posted January 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 Just satire folks sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursus Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 No. In fact, not only should we be not adding more states to the Union, we should be expelling states who are a constant drain to the federal treasury. Time to cut our losses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emperor Goblinus Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 Which states specifically do you think should be expelled? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Favonius Cornelius Posted January 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 No. In fact, not only should we be not adding more states to the Union, we should be expelling states who are a constant drain to the federal treasury. Time to cut our losses. Oh I agree. It's am amusing thing to me the parity of income between predominantly conservative and democratic states. Conservatives typically are the ones who drive for less social programs and public spending on things like getting people jobs, liberals the opposite, for various reasons. Yet when you compare the sum total of income from these states you find that the mostly democratic states make 60-70% of the income of the United States. So Utah, geet a haircut and geet a jeorb! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primus Pilus Posted January 10, 2006 Report Share Posted January 10, 2006 Oh I agree. It's am amusing thing to me the parity of income between predominantly conservative and democratic states. Conservatives typically are the ones who drive for less social programs and public spending on things like getting people jobs, liberals the opposite, for various reasons. Yet when you compare the sum total of income from these states you find that the mostly democratic states make 60-70% of the income of the United States. If you'll notice, you're actually just describing the highest concentrations of population rather than a political agenda affecting income contributions of states. The highest population centers also have the highest concentration of commercial and industry centers. Therefore regardless of politics, the highest contributions to the GDP will come from the highest population centers. I find the county by county results to be far more interesting. Democrats control most of the major urban areas while the Republicans dominate the rural and a great deal of the suburban areas. Here's a good map at the University of Michigan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursus Posted January 10, 2006 Report Share Posted January 10, 2006 Which states specifically do you think should be expelled? If I say, then I probably greatly annoy anyone from those states. But it seems to me there are always several states that score in the bottum rung of GDP, education scores, and the like. They suck up far more of the federal budget than they contribute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primus Pilus Posted January 10, 2006 Report Share Posted January 10, 2006 If I say, then I probably greatly annoy anyone from those states. But it seems to me there are always several states that score in the bottum rung of GDP, education scores, and the like. They suck up far more of the federal budget than they contribute. Maybe it would help if we merged the Dakotas and the Carolinas (North and South). That would be two less completely independent state governments and such. If that doesn't help I suggest expelling Michigan's upper peninsula. It truly is another country up there and its already on the border with Canada... redrawing the maps wont be so difficult anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sextus Roscius Posted January 10, 2006 Report Share Posted January 10, 2006 Maybe it would help if we merged the Dakotas and the Carolinas (North and South I live in North Carolina and I'll have you know that we don't want to merge with South Carolina, but if you're going at it, why don't you make Virginia and West Virgina on state all together, and don't you think its annoying having those tiny annoying states like delaware and Maryland around to mess up the electoral college, not to mention the senatorial vote. Personaly if we merge Viginia and West Virginia, while we're at it we can throw in delaware and Maryland. And let me make the additional suggestion of taking those annoying North Eastern States, e.g. vermont, maine, new hampshire, and stick them together into Vermaineshire, good ideas eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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