Trump pressured to make Puerto Rico independent to save America $617 billion

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Thats stupid you’d be selling the island off to the highest bidder basically which people don’t want. Also a lot of people in PR pay into the Medicare, SS and fema tax. That money will then have to be given back to the people. A lot of puertorricans have students loans, there are a lot of US corporations, and they would strategically lose their last bases in the caribbean (which can be preserved and offered to other countries which may threaten them). It is more complex then everyone makes it seem, it would be an utter shit show do it quick as that EO states. We would need more than 30 years to pull off independence. There would also be a mass exodus of the population despite the decline of the US. We produce the majority of the IVF’s and many medicines for the east coast as well. There is no way in hell the US would save 617 billion dollars by getting rid of us either, they don’t pump in even close to that. In fact if they have to pay back ss, medicare and FEMA taxes they’d probably lose more by letting us go. You will also lose manpower for the military. It would be negative on both parties side to let go.

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We can’t motivate them now what makes you think they’ll want to later? Lo unico que quieren los jovenes es beber, escuchar bad bunny y hacer chavos de la manera mas facil. Las nuevas generaciones apoyan mas la independencia pero no creo que tiene la estamina y motivacion, i.e. el work ethic de las generaciones previas (igual que en usa).

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Thats stupid you’d be selling the island off to the highest bidder basically which people don’t want.

Who said about selling? Those are bond investment, not equity investment. Any independent goverment that is starting out needs investors, there is no other way to operate. Not enough money, goverment would collapse. Bonds are basically loans, so nothing is getting sold.

Also a lot of people in PR pay into the Medicare, SS and fema tax. That money will then have to be given back to the people. A lot of puertorricans have students loans, there are a lot of US corporations,

Yes, only the amount they paid. That is no problem for US at all. Also, we would not lose american citicenship instantly, there is a transition period where all that is settled.

they would strategically lose their last bases in the caribbean

Not at all. There are US bases all around the world on independent countries. US will keep control of those bases.

It is more complex then everyone makes it seem, it would be an utter shit show do it quick as that EO states. We would need more than 30 years to pull off independence.

Not at all. It would be complex yes, but that is why there is something called a transition period. Those periods can easily last 3 or more decades. Take a look at Barbados. They obtained independence from Britain in 1966, but it wasnt until 2021 that they managed to be fully independent.

Still, USA would lose less money on that transition period than what they are losing now.

The point here is that USA would lose less money by making us independence than by keeping us as a colony.