To What Extent Should Puerto Rico Become A State

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

There are very many arguments about whether the United States should annex the Philippines. The argument is between Pro-Imperialist and Anti-Imperialist. I side on being a Pro-Imperialist. A few reasons to support my decisions are:

Most Americans, don’t know how Puerto Rico got the way it is and like Nelson said many believe that the debt we have is one that was 100% our fault. However, most don’t understand the deep history and relationship Puerto Rico has with the United States and how the way we have and continued to be treated has a lot to do with the debt Puerto Rico

As stated in document C President McKinley wanted to keep the Philippines, because we as a country made a promise to God to help the Philippines and by annexing them we helped keep that promise by protecting them whether it be with our military or help with money. Our country can not say “no” to God. The Philippines as a whole country wouldn't be capable of protecting their country and they were

Many politicians have different views on what Puerto Rico should do. Should the island become a State, stay a Commonwealth, or become independent. Either way, it would benefit the island.

The final reason that the United States should annex the Philippines is, if not it would hurt them. As stated before, the Filipinos were unfit for

Thus, if Puerto Rico does clearly agree upon the process of statehood, it is Congress’ obligation to deliberately consider and potentially aid Puerto Rico into statehood, even if it occupies a copious amount of time and effort.

Establishing a formal government on the newly secured property called Pequena Isla would take a great deal of consideration to ensure prosperity in the future.

Deporting undocumented immigrants does not only affect them, but it affects their families that they are leaving behind. Many undocumented immigrants have children that were born in the US, and leaving them behind can lead to childcare costs and other indirect costs that will become of importance overtime. Also separating them could lead to an increased risk of poverty which, in turn, could worsen educational outcomes for the dependent. In all, this reduces future tax revenue and increases future welfare expenditure. Additionally, undocumented immigrants accumulate just as much debt as a documented citizen of the United States. Therefore, if we continue to deport them, they will not be able to pay off these debts and we are left with more unresolved issues and debt, leading to risks on the financial system and on lenders in particular. Relating back to ASU, if ASU were to join the 287 (g) program, it would only continue to make matters worse for the economy and the university. Due to these alien people being deported, they are not able to pay tuitions and other university fees that are

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,

Puerto Rico wants to become a state. The governor of this territory named Ricardo Rossello asked the government to recognize them as the fifty-one state. It's residents already voted yes for being admitted to the union; all Congress would have to do is sign off on it. If this decision were passed, it would help revive some of its economy. According to Michelle Gorman (2017)" The island is more than seventy billion dollars in debt because of a shift in U.S corporate tax policy over the course of the past decade." It will also help with school funding which took a big hit. More den one hundred and eighty schools will be shutting down soon because of funding issues. Some people are scared that accepting them will make the government take on to much responsibility for their economic crisis they are going through right now.

I think this attitude gave a forewarning to a similar autocratic government much like that during Spanish rule. Even the system of legislation reminded me of the Spanish system, with the viceroy of Spain electing governors and other officials in Puerto Rico, when he was completely removed from Puerto Rico and unaware of the situation there. Trías-Monge includes how “in testifying before Congress on the report, Judge H.G. Curtis, a member of the Commission, stated that the President himself should legislate for Puerto Rico, at the recommendation of the Governor to be appointed by him.”(p. 37) This is an immediate instance where actions are not proceeding as Puerto Ricans thought they would. But it was only a first sign.

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.

States by nature shall always uplift and protect their own territorial integrity and national interest against interventions through different approaches to survive. Hence, Philippines’ move in securing its territorial integrity through applying such approach as to say filing an arbitration case against China or other approaches if obligatory is necessary and inevitable due to the surrounding circumstances of the case.