Reply #1: No one wants independence, they'd be screwed if they got it [View All]

[MADem]

The corruption would be over the top, and the US teat would dry up. The fight is between the statehood types and the status quo types. The downside of statehood is federal income tax, the official English Language debate....the upside is voting and maybe, just maybe, a bit more of the money now paid in PR taxes will make it to the public coffers and not get skimmed off.

I have a branch of the family down there; who knows what will happen if anything changes. I don't think independence is in the cards, no matter what.