Politicians in Puerto Rico are calling for statehood again.
Hello; A thing about the current situation in PR has to do with the years (perhaps even decades) of government corruption. That corruption has been reported to have pretty much bankrupted the country well before the bad hurricane last year. It is my understanding that they owed more than could be re-paid well before the hurricane wiped out most of the infrastructure.
No doubt they have a need and a big expensive need. Should they become a state then guess who becomes obligated for that debt. I know the notion of you lie in the bed that you have made for yourself seems cruel but it fits a bit.
Not sure how to resolve the financial and infrastructure crisis in a fair way. If the USA takes on their debt and also the total cost of rebuilding then we simply increase our already crippling national debt. I did not have anything to do with the corruption reported to have gone on in PR so not sure why I need to get involved.