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Originally Posted by Graf Paper
Technically, Puerto Rico is part of the United States as a commonwealth.
The same goes for U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa and a few other places.
They get all the legal protections, priveleges, and rights of a state without any of the obligations that comes with statehood.
Pretty cushy deal, if you ask me. No wonder the Puerto Ricans have consistently voted against statehood whenever it's come up on the ballots there.
All of this is a result of the old "Manifest Destiny" policy of the U.S. government where we once had a colony in China and claimed half the Pacific as territories and protectorates.
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Puerto Rican independence movement also can't seem to get above 5% approval rating. So status quo seems to fit for them well. One thing the Puerto Ricans might not like is that if a draft was instituted they would have to take part just like any regular U S State. So maybee they desverve some representation after all.