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Re:Apple CEO Tim Cook 'secretly' signed $275B deal with Chin... by vdqtp3 on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @04:48PM (#29490970)
> tripping over their shoelaces to be US states are Puerto Rico

That's inaccurate, repeated votes for statehood in PR have failed.

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Re:Apple CEO Tim Cook 'secretly' signed $275B deal with Chin... by nradov on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @05:04PM (#29491162)
No representation without taxation. PR residents don't have to pay US federal income tax, and most of them aren't willing to pay that price to get the political benefits of statehood.
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Re:Apple CEO Tim Cook 'secretly' signed $275B deal with Chin... by colinmhayes on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @06:15PM (#29491835)
Failed is a misrepresentation. They haven't been overwhelming victories, but the majority of voters voted to become a state in the most recent vote.
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