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QueerDuck

(914 posts) Fri Oct 24, 2025, 06:17 AM Oct 24

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Should U.S. Territories Be States? -- Civics Made Easy (PBS) (Original Post) QueerDuck Oct 24 OP

Puerto Rico should be a state. Taxation without representation. Emile Oct 24 #1

Puerto Rico should be a state purely becaue it's the right thing to do. marble falls Oct 24 #2

so should guam, us vergin island and dc. AllaN01Bear Oct 24 #3

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1. Puerto Rico should be a state. Taxation without representation.

Fri Oct 24, 2025, 06:34 AM

Oct 24

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2. Puerto Rico should be a state purely becaue it's the right thing to do.

Fri Oct 24, 2025, 07:46 AM

Oct 24

(28,523 posts)

3. so should guam, us vergin island and dc.

Fri Oct 24, 2025, 10:10 AM

Oct 24

(6,677 posts)

4. I think a better question is do the territories want to be states?

Fri Oct 24, 2025, 10:29 AM

Oct 24

That’s an open question.