Puerto Rico a US state?

I hear this discussed approximately never except for a thread on /pol/ once in a blue moon.

In an Obama-centric congress, I could see there being some motivation in order to increase crime and immigration like what was done with the Cuba deal. In this congress, I'm not sure that they would do anything more than use it as a football at best. I don't really see what the benefit for the US would be to make PR a state.

>>127488563

>benefit for the US

Who gives a shit? This is for the benefit of Israel you ungrateful goy.

We're not going to let Puerto Rico become a state. 50 states is a harmonious number. 100 senators. 50 stars on the flag. No reason to change this.

>>127488689
Why would Israel care either way? Both parties suck mutilated dick all day long.

>>127489162

>anexing latin america

>>127489504
Latin America has been to some degree annexed by the US since the Spanish-American war whereafter there was a tacit agreement with the British (being at that time still a dominant naval power) that we'd let them manage the Old World and they'd let us manage the New World.

It's not quite as outright with literal banana republics anymore, but the CIA is still always messing around down there. Tim Kaine (CIA guy), actually, was working in the same sort of sphere as the Pope, as a neat side note.

>>127488563
I don't really see one either, I'm actually pro-independence, but the support for statehood here is overwhelming, and even our politicians act as if statehood is a certainty.

>>127490169
Well as the other guy pointed out it's kind of a big effort to add another state. We would in fact have to change all the flags and all kinds of other expensive things like that. And with PR having wild debt problems, I just can't imagine why the US would want to spend the money to take it on board with its own debt and economic problems unless for some reason there would be a net economic benefit.

>>127488784
Is there any actual interest though? I could see Democrats greatly benefiting from a new completely democrat state in congress, I've heard some democrat tourists saying they want us to become a state for that reason.

>>127490696
I don't see any economic benefit, our debt is massive, but political perhaps. Our representatives in Congress would be democrats, and we have 3.8 million people, so I think that could tip the balance to democrats. Maybe from a Democrat controlled congress? Another reason I didn't want Clinton to win.

>>127491254
Yeah, it wouldn't surprise me too much if a majority-Democrat government might find a way to get it done for exactly that purpose. But I don't a majority-Republican government letting that happen. My guess is that if there were a real shot at it that the MSM would already be drumming up the idea, and I can't remember how long ago it was that I heard them stop to mention PR's debt situation in passing. It just doesn't really seem to be on the radar, at least from my perspective.

>>127491897
That's true, probably nothing will come out of that referendum on June, which is good. I like the US, but I want independence for my country. Seems like I'm the only one with the exception of hardcore socialists and a few old nationalists left