puerto rico: Though I am against it, it's for a class. What are some advantages for Puerto Rico becoming a state?|||Full representation in Congress, able to vote in presidential elections.|||You do know most puertoricans count on being a state. It saddens me that you're against it.|||ANOTHER OFF TOPIC HOMEWORK QUESTION What IS IT with all you f#@King MRONS and your idiotic STATEHOOD FOR PR questions? Is this some dumb school project or what. Do you know how many TIMES this same question has been asked on here in the past month?.. if you do.. then why don't you LOOK IN THE ARCHIVES There are mover HOMEWORK QUESTIONS on here than TRAVEL QUESTIONS.. when did this stop being the CARIBBEAN TRAVEL GROUP and become the OFF TOPIC HOMEWORK QUESTION HELP GROUOP?|||To start: * We will be able to vote for the President, not just for delegates that will select a presidential candidate at party primaries. * We will have 2 senators at the US Senate (Congress), same as all other states. Currently we got no (zero, 0) senators there. * We will have a number of Representatives at the House (Congress) will full speach & voting rights, not just a Resident Commissioner that has limited voting rights. According to our population (close to 4 million people living here) the number of Representatives will be around 6 or 7; that it more than several other states that have less population than PR. * As a state, we will have the same benefits in federal programs that any other state has, we will not be limited to the benefits the Resident Commisioner be able to negotiate for us as a territory. Just ask why many puertorricans with family members with special needs choose every year to move to the states instead of remain here in PR.|||Statehood status will be something that Puerto Ricans will have to decide on, but statehood will bring equality to all Puerto Rican U.S citizens living in Puerto Rico.