- Joined
- May 30, 2007
- Messages
- 9,595
- Reaction score
- 2,739
- Gender
- Male
- Political Leaning
- Libertarian
Americans have to take into consideration that Puerto Rico (PR) is a different nation culturally speaking, Puerto Ricans are more liberal, most are for government programs, intervention.... which is the main reason why they don't want to be independent, there's too much dependency of the island on federal transfers.
This is different from a Blue state how?
But at the same time, they're a very proud people, every time a Puerto Rican represents the island well or a national team wins a medal or beats the USA team, they celebrate like crazy, so deep inside, if PR had a solid economy making people less dependent on the US, independence would have much more support.
You can blame those who got angry when PR flew the US flag at the first Olympics they participated in when it became a territory.
I think the best solution for both countries is a free association agreement, the United States would reduce part of its expenses and no longer have a colony in the Caribbean, while Puerto Rico would gain the autonomy it needs to compete in the global economy.
Its not a separate country, its a territory, like Guam and the US virgin islands. The difference being that Guam and the VI can vote in a Presidential election.