Should Puerto Rico Become the 51st State?

The Politics Guys

Michael Baranowski

Politics, News

4.5 • 772 Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Mike talks with George Laws Garcia, a former acting director of the Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration and Executive Director of the Puerto Rico Statehood Council. Topics Mike and George Cover Include: - how Puerto Ricans aresecond-class US citizens - Puerto Rico and federal income taxes - independence as opposed to statehood - how Puerto Ricans feel about statehood - US domestic political considerations - what making Puerto Rico a state might cost - short and medium-term prospects for statehood Follow George on X, and check out Puerto Rico 51st The Politics Guys on Facebook | X Listener support helps make The Politics Guys possible. You can support us or change your level of support at patreon.com/politicsguys or politicsguys.com/support. On Venmo we’re @PoliticsGuys. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:53.1	Puerto Rico has been the U.S. territory for 125 years.
0:57.0	And while the 3.2 million Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens,
1:02.0	they're treated differently because of that territorial status.
1:06.0	Some believe that Puerto Ricans have been in limbo long enough.
1:10.0	The Puerto Rico Status Act, which is introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives last year, calls for a plebiscite in which the people of Puerto Rico would choose between independence, sovereignty, and free association with the United States or statehood.
1:25.4	The legislation has 93 sponsors, including 12 Republicans, and the
1:29.5	companion bill in the Senate has 23 sponsors, 22 Democrats, as well as independent Ernie Sanders.
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