Puerto Rico, explain it to me....

[Joseph]

Originally posted by DanS
Puerto Rico has a delegate in the congress, not a full-fledged representative. If Puerto Rico were to become a state, they would get 2 senators and maybe 4 or 5 representatives.

We would have a problem. Current law said they can only be 435 Rep. no more. So some states would loose one or two Rep. Also they would have to change the Sen. law so they could have 102 Senators.

[Imran Siddiqui]

We would have a problem.

Why a problem, just redo the percentages of state representatives per the entire body for the next census.

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by Joseph
Also they would have to change the Sen. law so they could have 102 Senators.

Whoops, not right. Every State is entitled to two Senators. There is maximum limit on the number.

[GePap]

Puerto Rico is pretty, but I would never live there.

Supermarket shopping in San Juan is more expensive than NYC, and this is from experience. I have paid less for a mango in NYC than San Juan...it absurd

[Zkribbler]

I had the same problem in Hawaii...because most stuff had to be shipped in. But pineapples were cheap. Expensive Puerto Rican mangos? Seems silly.

[Sikander]

Originally posted by Sava

and 17, which is the length of my shlong in inches

DONT GET IT TWISTED

Hey, it's your schlong - you don't get it twisted.

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Sava
50 is a nice round number


we'll sink it into the ocean before we allow anyone to be 51



nothing personal

"20 million people here in Greater New York!
Paying dues, making news, at such an incredible rate.
As a city, its pretty, hard to contemplate.
Maybe thats why come to think of it, we've come to think of it
As the fifty-first state!!"

[snoopy369]

Hawai'i btw

"Ha-why-ee", with the apostrophe between the i's.

[Ecthy]

Thanks.

You could merge other states into one the moment before adding a new one.

[Jonny]

True. I'm thinking the Dakotas could merge...

[Ecthy]

Or California and Oregon. Just for the sheer heck of it

[Provost Harrison]

Or Canada and Michigan perhaps?

[Japher]

Colorado and Indiana

[Ecthy]

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[Kontiki]

Here's a hypothetical - if the US needed to reinstate a draft for whatever reason, how would that effect Puerto Ricans (or people from Guam (Guamanians? Guamites?), etc.)? Would they be subject to it under the current structure?