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2022-04-24 -Land of the Free

AOC calls the Supreme Court 'imperialist' for voting 8-1 to reject Puerto Ricans from getting equal access to benefits as other American citizens

[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]

Supreme Court ruled 8-1 in finding that Congress had the power to exclude Puerto Rico from access to the same benefits as other Americans It overturns a lower court's decision that the difference was unconstitutional

Campaigners in Puerto Rico expressed outrage at the outcome

And Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez expressed her anger in a tweet

'2022 Imperialist Neo-colony Vibes,' she wrote as she outlined the disparity

Posted by Skidmark 2022-04-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ] Top

#1 OMG! How will they ever get over this?

Posted by Frank G 2022-04-24 00:12|| 2022-04-24 00:12|| Front Page Top

#2 Vote to adopt English and become a state of become independent. Shit or get of the Puerto.

Posted by ruprecht 2022-04-24 00:45|| 2022-04-24 00:45|| Front Page Top

#3 PR citizens are exempt from USA income taxes, estate taxes and excise taxes

but are eligible for Social Security and Medicare

it is a great deal but the Island has wallowed in corruption and incompetence ruining its economy

Posted by Lord Garth 2022-04-24 01:13|| 2022-04-24 01:13|| Front Page Top

#4 One-party Democrat rule?

Posted by Rob Crawford 2022-04-24 03:45|| 2022-04-24 03:45|| Front Page Top

#5 Ref #3: Precisely why they'll never vote become a state or a separate country. It's the Chicago, D.C., and NYC of the Caribbean.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-04-24 08:09|| 2022-04-24 08:09|| Front Page Top

#6 Statehood would make NM the 4th poorest state, a drop from 3rd.

Posted by P2kontheroad 2022-04-24 08:48|| 2022-04-24 08:48|| Front Page Top

#7 At this point why do we want to keep Puerto Rico? Nothing but a money pit. Declare them independent and be done with that shithole

Posted by DarthVader 2022-04-24 08:52|| 2022-04-24 08:52|| Front Page Top

#8 OMG! How will they ever get over this?

Probably by voting to reject statehood once again. If memory serves, there have been at least 2 referenda where PR voted to *not* apply for statehood.

Posted by SteveS 2022-04-24 09:09|| 2022-04-24 09:09|| Front Page Top

#9 My wife a PR indian from the Junta (sp) mountain area. Her comment was... Why not just turn PR loose and let it be its own nation? It would save US taxpayers and butt load of money each year.

Posted by NN2N1 2022-04-24 12:06|| 2022-04-24 12:06|| Front Page Top

#10 Mum about china you cute little whore?

Posted by Woodrow 2022-04-24 12:11|| 2022-04-24 12:11|| Front Page Top

#11 "Imperialist"! Wow--haven't heard that particular epithet since aboaut 1969. Are we resurrecting it again since all the other insults have lost their meaning from overrepetition?

Posted by Tom 2022-04-24 12:58|| 2022-04-24 12:58|| Front Page Top

#12 Yeah, AOC, come back to us once PR residents being to pay federal taxes.

Posted by DooDahMan 2022-04-24 13:06|| 2022-04-24 13:06|| Front Page Top

#13 And there's a constitutional provision to allow territories to be treated different than states, per the article.

What part of upholding the Constitution does Sotomayor not understand?

Posted by DooDahMan 2022-04-24 13:09|| 2022-04-24 13:09|| Front Page Top

#14 ^ This was a different Unwise Latina: Occasional-Cortex

Posted by Frank G 2022-04-24 13:12|| 2022-04-24 13:12|| Front Page Top

#15 I used to think that Sotomayor was a just a believer in a "Living Constitution". Now, I think she's a believer in a "Hypothetical Future Constitution".

Posted by Matt 2022-04-24 13:30|| 2022-04-24 13:30|| Front Page Top

#16 I think the Wise Latina™'s name came up because she was the 1 in 8-1.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-04-24 13:37|| 2022-04-24 13:37|| Front Page Top

#17 This was a different Unwise Latina

Wait! Are you suggesting that all Unwise Latinas look alike?

Personally, I consider them all interchangeable, differing only in their degree of uselessness.

Posted by SteveS 2022-04-24 13:38|| 2022-04-24 13:38|| Front Page Top

#18 They had a chance to be a state and passed on it. Who care...

Posted by 49 Pan 2022-04-24 13:49|| 2022-04-24 13:49|| Front Page Top

#19 MM I stand corrected, kinda

Posted by Frank G 2022-04-24 13:51|| 2022-04-24 13:51|| Front Page Top

#20 Well, the story is about AOC, so it's not a correction. Just a clarification, or something. 😁

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-04-24 13:58|| 2022-04-24 13:58|| Front Page Top