Puerto Rico was discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1493, which he originally called the island San Juan Bautista. It was soon known as Puerto Rico, or “rich port” thanks to the gold in the river. Puerto Rico’s economy has been in recession for the last 10 years with its debt reaching to $72 billion. Half of the people in Puerto Rico are living below the poverty line, and to incorporate the island of becoming a full state would bring more opportunities, and a wealth of benefits to a country that desperately needs it. Puerto Rico becoming a state does not only benefit the island, it also benefits the U.S. The island should become a U.S. State because the United States can improve the health care, offer more opportunities for jobs, and improve their government system.
First of all, Puerto Rico’s health care system would recover faster from Hurricane Maria if it became a state. Puerto rico is scarce on clean water and many
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The island depends on the U.S. for their financial stability. The U.S. has provided over billions of dollars for Puerto Rico’s healthcare programs. Despite Puerto Rico being an territory, the island is being heavily supported by the U.S. like it’s a U.S. state. The U.S. immediately responded to Hurricane Maria and provided them with billions of funds for disaster and medical assistance. The U.S. has everything Puerto Rico needs in order for the people to have better lives. The poverty level and the unemployment rate would decrease if the island became a state. The poverty level constantly increases due to the lack of jobs and budget cuts. The U.S. have a lot of more jobs and benefits to help the island if it became a state. More jobs means more opportunities for income stability. The U.S. has the ability to improve the lives of the people of Puerto Rico. A lot of lives have been lost on the island due to low funds , and this wouldn’t have been the case if it was a U.S.
There are many countries in the world, and all of them have different aspect, politics, culture, education and other opportunities they offer. There are poor countries but not forget some of them are also rich too. The United States of America has been classified as the greatest country in the world. Although they have some similarities, however I would not trade Haiti for the United States. I grew up in Haiti, but I am currently living in the United States. One thing for sure I will always love Haiti more than I love the United States.
I believe the Philippines should’ve been annexed by the United by many reasons. One of them being that the Philippines had a weak government, they weren’t capable of maintaining a country. They were not ready to be alone as a country. However, if the U.S. did not annex the Philippines, then other countries including Japan and Germany could’ve taken the country away. If the United States would’ve annexed the Philippians they were going to educate their people because everyone should have the right to get an education. The United States wanted to give the Philippines an opportunity to be independent and to be self-government. The United States would’ve had many trading goods and the markets
First, if the United States does not annex the Philippines then it could be a disaster for them. Without annexing the Philippines the country can fall apart even more than it already has. Plus, all of the independence that they gained from Spain would be something that the country would regret, not to mention that it would be all for nothing if their country failed. The Philippines are simply not ready. Even President Mckinley agrees
Puerto Rico should become the 51st state because it would benefit both countries economically. Statehood supporters say Puerto Rico would benefit economically from increased tourism and investment.”If only Puerto Rico were a state, this line of thinking goes, it wouldn’t be in a financial mess. That’s probably true—but not for the reasons most people think.” The United states and Puerto Rico have financial debt but if Puerto Rico joins the United States then we can get out of debt. This can only happen with the tourism that both countries can get combined, because Puerto Rico and the United States have some very big tourist spots.
Showing up in sea tempest attacked Puerto Rico since Maria's landfall, President Trump offered a healthy round of congrats to government help endeavors and expressed gratitude toward the island's representative. In any case, the president likewise recommended Maria was not a "genuine calamity," made an odd and misdirecting correlation with the loss of life from Hurricane Katrina, and clowned about how the sea tempest would influence the government spending plan. “Puerto Rico survived the hurricane," President Trump rightly says, and "Now a financial crisis looms largely of their own making." Hard words, but true.
Hurricane Maria has hit Puerto Rico, destroying buildings leaving its approximately 3.4 million residents largely without electricity. Hurricane Maria crashed into Puerto Rico early Wednesday as a “Potentially Catastrophic” Category 4 storm that was set to become the most powerful to strike the US territory in almost 90 years.
Puerto Rico’s major political division is the Popular Democratic Party (PPD), which supports commonwealth rank for the island; has been the leading political party since 1940. The PPD was
Puerto Rico would get 2 senate seats, 5 in house reps & Puerto Ricans would be able to vote for the president. Puerto Rico would have lots of economic growth. Puerto Ricans businesses don’t pay corporate taxes. So the U.S would benefit & P.R. Puerto Rico has a debt of over 70 billion dollars. That’s a lot of money for a little island. So if Puerto Rico became a state It would slowly go away because it would be getting a extra 20 billion dollars. Puerto Rico’s economy isn’t growing because businesses don’t want to open up on the island. The reason is Puerto Rico doesn’t know if it will stay a commonwealth, become a state, or become independent. So if Puerto Rico became a state, the economic growth would be huge. Right now Puerto Rico’s average salary is around 20,00 dollars a year. If Puerto Rico became a state that average might double. Even though Puerto Ricans would now have to pay full taxes, their salary would go up , that goes to the U.S. but eventually the money goes back to Puerto Rico. That whole system in the end benefits Puerto Rico. It benefits the U.S. also because the U.S. gets a extra 2 billion. That money would eventually pull the U.S out of their debt to (Should Puerto Rico become America’s 51st state?).
The federal government controls all international trade for the commonwealth and it does not consist of much. Fortunately for Puerto Rico, it is considered to be one of the most beautiful places in the world to visit so the tourist attraction of the island is tremendous. However, because most of the jobs in Puerto Rico are government jobs, there is no real inspiration to aspire to be something greater than a government employee. This is where, thankfully so, social role models in the form of professional baseball players and others comes in to play a significant role as they represent hard work and autonomy.
It is instead the leader's fault. Different from the United States Puerto Rico does not have state powers, simply because it is not a state. These powers include lack of voting representation in either House of Congress, the only delegate to the congress is the Resident Commissioner who is elected to represent the people, but does not have a vote for the final passage of congressional legislation.
There are several economic reasons that can be argued against Puerto Rico becoming a state. First, the current unemployment rate is 11.7%, which would rank the highest in the nation. Puerto Rico has the lowest per capita income at around $7000, half of the poorest U.S. state (Mississippi). Thus it would cost the U.S. Government approximately 3-4 billion a year for 10 years to get Puerto Rico up to par with the other states. The 936 tax code, which grants U.S. companies federal tax exemptions for their operations in Puerto Rico,
The intention of this essay is to demonstrate to a vision rational, concordant political leader to the Puerto Rican, American and worldwide reality. It responds to the necessity that to the statehood it is necessary to imagine it and to expose it with all the evidence available, since many Puerto Ricans, including many political leaders, do not know like defending it or exposing it before the peculiar ones or our adversaries.
Since Puerto Rico was first discovered by Christopher Columbus on November 19, 1493, and Spanish colonization ensued in 1508, Puerto Rico has experienced all of these pressures of identity and culture.
As the people prove over and over that joining with America may be for the better, although there are few complications with the people and their government. Even though many support statehood Puerto Rico has yet became the fifty first state. The citizens understand how dire their financial issues are at the time. They want the same rights as Americans and to live under the laws of protection. Still, the people who do not support statehood say otherwise.
The politics of Puerto Rico takes place in the framework of a republican democratic form of government that is under the jurisdiction and sovereignty of the United States as an organized unincorporated territory.