Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Why should Puerto Rico become a state? I am for puerto rico becoming an indpendent country i need help to support that!|||I wish Puerto Rico would become Independent or stay the same. My island is split however. Some people want independence & some want statehood & some want to remain the same.
I think statehood is the worst choice for PR & I will explain why. Its not because the US is a terrible place, its a good place, but we ARE puertorican. We don't want our island loosing its culture anymore then it already has. The US already came in & tried to make english as the 1st language but PR refused to let that happen. Now imagine if we are a state? They will not take No for an answer this time.
Now to the guy who said puerto ricans like to be on welfare, I want you to look at this link. Most welfare recipients are white, BTW. Also in PR there is only certain branches of welfare like, WIC, headstart & section 8. But there is no cash assistance or foodstamps & such as in the US.
http://www.huppi.com/kangaroo/L-welfareb鈥?/a>
And everyone says Puertoricans dont pay taxes. This is Incorrect. Puerto Ricans don't pay federal income tax (but we never asked for this) However we do pay other US taxes fully like medicare & social security. & its capped in PR, so the US ends up making about $400 million from this tax in PR. Also puerto ricans can not recieve SSI, although residents of the Northern Mariana Islands (a commonwealth just like PR) can recieve it. & PR doesnt get the EITC (earned income tax credit) that the working poor recieve in the US.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_welf鈥?/a>
The bottom line is that puertoricans pay some taxes & then they recieve unequal treatment for federal assistance, so the US ends up making $3.4 billion per year off of PR. The US spends about $4.2 billion per year on PR. So in reality they spend less than a $billion per year & believe me they get back plenty in return. The US has tons of army & navy bases in PR, including Vieques island. In Vieques the US bombed & dumped toxic wastes here for 60 years & ignored PR's cries for them to stop. Finally after they killed an innocent civilian PR protested until they backed out. Now 30% of the people living here have cancer & other serious illnusses.|||Why is it that a large majority of people want to become independant but when they vote against it a hundred times? Is the ballots rigged or is it that us Puerto Ricans just don't want independence?
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|||Well shouldn't it be up to the citizens of Puerto Rico if they want to become an independent country ?As to Statehood, I would be opposed to Puerto Rico being granted Statehood.
And would urge my Representatives in Congress to vote against it.|||it should be neither. the US owns it and has zero reason to give that up. besides territories are cool|||I would love to see it become an independent country an get it's welfare hands out of our pocket.|||Puerto Rico needs to become independent so it can control it's economy to it's own benefit like the rest of the world does.|||Puerto Rico shouldn't become an independent country. And if you can't already support the position that Puerto Rico should become an independent country, then you shouldn't be for that position. And becoming an independent country is different than becoming a state.
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Dear Partners,
ReplyDeleteThis March 22, 2015, on the day that Puerto Ricans celebrate the abolition of slavery, we will march for the second time to protest in favor of the decolonization of Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rico has been a colony of the government of the United States (US) for the past 116 years. In 1960, the United Nations determined that colonialism is a crime against humanity, and since then it has asked the US to immediately decolonize Puerto Rico. US has ignored these resolutions, and has recommended the use of plebiscites to determine what Puerto Ricans want as a way to avoid decolonization.
Join and be a part of the tsunami of people to obligate the US government to comply with the UN resolutions. This march is necessary because, those who have colonies don’t believe in justice for all!
More information late in January 2015.
Sincerely,
José M López Sierra
Comité Timón del Pueblo
www.TodosUnidosDescolonizarPR.blogspot.com
I can't think of a good reason either!
ReplyDeleteNot true that there are 3 political status options for Puerto Rico
The United States (US) government has made Puerto Ricans believe that there are 3 political status options for Puerto Rico. That is a lie. The purpose for that is to have Puerto Ricans fight amongst themselves. The plan has been a huge success! Puerto Rico has been a colony of the United States for 116 years, and judging by the 80% voter turnout in the colonial elections, the majority of us has not realized that we have been lied to.
In reality, there is only one option. The United Nations (UN) in 1960 determined that colonialism is a crime against humanity. Therefore, the only thing that Puerto Rico can do is to become her own nation. That means that the US must give Puerto Rico the sovereignty that the US illegally took away from her by virtue of the July 25, 1898 military invasion.
Thus far, the US government has ignored the 33 UN resolutions asking it to immediately decolonize Puerto Rico. Instead, it has tried to hide these petitions, and at the same time appear to believe in democracy by pushing for plebiscites so that Puerto Ricans could decide between colonialism, being a US state, or independence (decolonization as required by the UN).
The problem with the US pushed plebiscites are that they:
1. don’t comply with international law that prohibits a nation to have a colony.
2. don’t comply with international law that requires the empire to give the sovereignty it illegally took away to its colony.
3. don’t comply with international law that requires that to have free elections, that country must be free first.
4. have 2 options that are not permitted by international law- continuing being a colony and becoming a state of the country that has the colony. For the option of becoming a state of the country that has the colony to be considered, the colony must first become her own nation (decolonized).
This is why we have to peacefully protest 3 times a year until the US government complies with the UN resolutions for Puerto Rico decolonization.
José M López Sierra
www.TodosUnidosDescolonizarPR.blogspot.com
The Second Oscar – Mandela March in New York City 2015
ReplyDeleteWe will be having our 2nd Oscar – Mandela Protest March on Monday, June 22, 2015. We will start marching peacefully at 9 AM from Hunter College on East 68th Street and Lexington Avenue, to East 43rd Street and Lexington Avenue. We will then go East (turning left) to end up at the Ralph Bunche Park on First Avenue (across from the United Nations).
We will be at the park until 5 PM. We will be giving out flyers and talking to people about who Puerto Rican political prisoner Oscar López Rivera is. We will also be educating the public about Puerto Rico’s colonial relationship with the government of the United States (US).
Most people don’t know that every year, usually on the Monday after Fathers’ Day, the United Nations holds its hearing about the decolonization of Puerto Rico. The petitioners will usually join our protest after this meeting.
The UN determined in 1960 that colonialism is a crime against humanity. Since then, the UN has issued 33 resolutions asking for the US government to immediately decolonize Puerto Rico. The US government has ignored these resolutions. What kind of democracy is that?
The US government tries to keep these hearings a secret. What we are trying to do is to get them out of the closet. The UN is in its 3rd decade trying to make the world colony-free. Please help us!
Most people also don’t know that the United States government takes out 14 times more money than what it invests in Puerto Rico. But, that is what colonies are for!
This savage exploitation impedes Puerto Rico’s ability to provide opportunities for Puerto Ricans in Puerto Rico. That is why there are now more Puerto Ricans living away from Puerto Rico than in their homeland.
Oscar López Rivera has been incarcerated for 34 years for his struggle to decolonize Puerto Rico. Since colonialism is an international crime, international law gives Oscar the right to use whatever means necessary to decolonize his homeland. Nelson Mandela was incarcerated for 27 years for doing the same thing as Oscar. This is why we say, Oscar López Rivera is our Nelson Mandela!
United Partners for Puerto Rico Decolonization invites the public to be part of the tsunami of people that will be necessary to make the US government comply with the UN resolutions. These annual protests in Puerto Rico and at the UN are absolutely necessary, because, those who maintain colonies, don’t believe in justice for all!
José M López Sierra
www.TodosUnidosDescolonizarPR.blogspot.com
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To the town square with Oscar our national hero
ReplyDeleteWith this slogan, we will meet in all of the 78 town squares in Puerto Rico and the diaspora on the 29th of each month protesting for the liberation of Oscar López Rivera, and for the decolonization of Puerto Rico. Click on the following link to watch a video by the inventor of this campaign, Edwin Chungo Molina, about it: https://youtu.be/Azp6EV6b2L0
United Partners for Puerto Rico Decolonization will be at the Bayamón Town Square from 2 to 4 PM. We invite everyone to join us with your shirts, flags, signs and flyers to inform the public about, who is Oscar and why he is in prison for the last 34 years?
It is important that the public understands that our Puerto Rican political prisoner Oscar López Rivera has the international right to do whatever is necessary to decolonize his homeland. It is the United States government that is committing a crime by maintaining Puerto Rico as its colony for the last 117 years!
We invite you also to 3 more peaceful protests that are scheduled permanently throughout the year.
• On the Abolition of Slavery Day, Tuesday, March 22, 2016, from 6 to 8, we will have our 3rd Oscar – Mandela March in Puerto Rico 2016. We will march from the Capitol to the United States Court House in Old San Juan.
• On the day before the United Nations (UN) hearing on Puerto Rico decolonization, we will have the 3rd Puerto Rico Independence March 2016. This march is organized by the Independence Dialogue Table, and we will march over the 2 Hermanos Bridge going into the Condado. We will give more information as soon as it is available.
• On the very day of the UN hearing about Puerto Rico decolonization, usually on the Monday after Fathers’ Day, we will have our 3rd Oscar – Mandela March in New York City 2016. We will march at 9 AM from Hunter College to the UN. We will stay in front of the UN all day to inform the public about Puerto Rico’s colonial relationship with the United States.
These annual permanent protests are necessary, because those who have Oscar in jail for his struggle to decolonize his homeland don’t believe in JUSTICE FOR ALL! www.TodosUnidosDescolonizarPR.blogspot.com
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