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abqtommy

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2. I think that ultimately, the people of Puerto Rico should decide. But maybe to help the

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Mon Mar 22, 2021, 06:12 AM

Mar 2021

rest of us figure this out I remember that in 1959 when I was 10 years old Alaska and Hawaii became states. Why don't we ask their citizens how that's worked out for them?

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Would Puerto Rico Be Better Off as a Freely Associated State? [View all] TexasTowelie Mar 2021 OP

No gladium et scutum Mar 2021 #1

I think that ultimately, the people of Puerto Rico should decide. But maybe to help the abqtommy Mar 2021 #2

what do Puerto Ricans llashram Mar 2021 #3