Puerto Rico Pros And Cons Essay

For most of its history, Puerto Rico has been controlled by an outside power, and its people oppressed. While Puerto Rico is currently a U.S. territory, Spanish colonialism has had a significant impact on the island’s development and identity. The history of the island itself is proof of this fact, demonstrating each step Puerto Rico took to reach its current state. By examining the stages of Spanish control that Puerto Rico experienced, we can determine how each stage affected the structure and identity of Puerto Rico.

Are there differences between living in Puerto Rico and living in the United States? I believe that there are big differences. I came to the United States when I was five years old. I then moved to Philadelphia for one year, lived in Georgia for six years, and now I am currently living in Maryland. I always go back to Puerto Rico to visit my family. I love it there. I like living in the United States but there are many things that differ such as the location itself, people and the schools.

Purpose: To encourage the US and Puerto Rican government to for more interest for Puerto Rico statehood.

The commonwealth status of Puerto Rico between the 1950-1952 was with limited autonomy since the Island was still under the Sovereignty of the United States (Francesco, C. & Eugene, 1999). The United States annexed Puerto Rico following the end of the Spanish-American War. For almost a century Puerto Rico has been under the influence of the United States. The constitutional convention of 1952 gave Puerto Rico the right to form a republican government.

We all know in the world of politics, there is and will always be an argument to anything that would be proposed, especially if it’s something new to politicians. With the addition of a new state, it would scramble things in the senate and the house. “Puerto Rico as a state would gain two seats in the Senate and five in the House of Representatives, rather than the one non voting delegate that currently represents Puerto Rico.”(Rubinstein) Puerto Rico would most likely be a democratic state, which would greatly help breaking up the republican controlled senate and house. This would help in the decision making that would go on. Puerto Rico would also see benefits, because the US would help improve the living conditions. Puerto Rico just filed for bankruptcy and if statehood were to be granted, Puerto Rico would be okay. Just in general both sides could see benefits and granting statehood to Puerto Rico is a great

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?).

Some opponents may heighten the acceptance of Puerto Rico into statehood to the acceptance of a debt-ridden Greece into the European Union—a copious financial burden on the collective economy—and therefore, would not be beneficial to the U.S. economy. In ironic opposition to such somewhat reasonable paranoia, and potentially malicious comments, it is mainly U.S. investors and entities who continue to buy and hold the majority of Puerto Rican debt, taking advantage of Puerto Rico’s legal inability to default on their debt as a way to fundamentally guarantee various creditors regardless of the territory’s economic state (Meacham). The U.S. can eliminate the potential of corporations taking advantage of Puerto Rico’s economic status by making new laws and regulations, thus forcing corporations to pay corporate taxes not previously paid. The influx of federal taxes would help offset the balance of debt created by statehood, and an increased flow of tourism would also benefit not only the mainland, but also the island as it is a decently sized proportion of the island’s economy (Lilley). According to a study in 2005, about 40% of the Puerto Rican population aged 25 to 44 have earned an associate’s degree or a

There are many cons to having an undocumented worker in the United States, but one is the most important. The most known disadvantage that the United States has to suffer from undocumented workers is the decrease of jobs for Americans that citizens would like to get. “99%” of Restaurant owners have been knowingly hiring undocumented workers who lack valid documentation to prove their citizenship here in the United States (Washington).Increasing numbers of business owners doing this lowers the jobs of American citizens greatly. Many businessmen like undocumented workers because they work hard without large pay. These are the reasons the average business owners prefer undocumented workers rather than a usual American employee.

What's a common location that comes up in discussion when someone thinks of a destination to get away from all the hustle and bustle of the Main land of the United States? Normally Puerto Rico isn't too far away from conversation. Puerto Rico is a beautiful place with the perfect climate and many historical sites to take that getaway that you have always wanted. Today we will discuss major issues in/of Puerto Rico, the significance of this research and data sources, and lastly I will describe the data collected and research found during my inquiry on the region known as Puerto Rico

The commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico), known to most Americans as simply Puerto Rico, exists as one of two territories owned by the United States1. Being a territory of the United States, Puerto Ricans possess common citizenship, currency, and defense. However, even though Puerto Ricans are United States citizens they do not pay any kind of federal income taxes. Therefore, they cannot vote in presidential elections. Puerto Rico is under the jurisdiction of the United States customs, and are allowed free movement of people and merchandise with the United States. They have established their own constitution, and have a greater amount of independence than possessions. Although

However, the American citizens of Puerto Rico are still very far from attaining the same level of economic prosperity other American citizens enjoy in the other 50 states. Becoming a state would give Puerto Rico the opportunity of improving its economic situation."

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.

When the United States invaded the southwestern coast of Puerto Rico (Guanica and Ponce), a majority of Puerto Ricans welcomed the Americans and enabled their invasion. They cooperated and aided the American expulsion of Spaniards. However, it is obvious by the consequences that the end result of U.S. invasion and rule was not what Puerto Ricans had welcomed in July of 1898. Puerto Ricans wished an end to autocratic rule and concentration of wealth, things they did not know would continue under American rule. The Americans were regarded as change and chance for progress, even though they retained the fear of not knowing U.S. intentions.

One of the most interesting and exciting places I have had the pleasure of visiting was the Island of Puerto Rico. Getting on the plane and arriving on the island was the easy part, but learning to navigate the island and getting reliable transportation was a whole other ball game.