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Originally posted by jvasquez:
mike ? for u whats wrong with paying taxes if its going to benefit Puertorico.look i agree with lots of the thing u said but the bigest problem is that people dont work out there lots of people are still living of 1 check a moth from the u.s goverment.why is that because people are use to it.
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J.VASQUEZ, ITS ALOT MORE THAN WHAT U ARE SPECULATING.I HAVE NO IDEA IF YOU HAVE EVER BEEN TO PUERTO RICO, I MEAN TRAVEL THRU THE ISLAND AND SPOKEN TO THEM.WHERE THE JOB MARKET IS NOT GREAT,NOT TO MENTION IF U LIVE IN THE PUEBLOS AND U DONT OWN A VEHICLE,,,YOU DONT GET TO LEAVE,U DONT GET TO GO ANYWHERE. ITS NOT LIKE U CAN HOP ON A BUS OR THE TRAIN.THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS THAT HAVE NOT SEEN SANJUAN EL CAPITAL IN MANY YEARS.THERE ARE CONFINED TO THEIR CATCHMENT AREA.THE POLITICIANS HAVE THEIR OWN AGENDA. IT NOT LIKE YEARS AGO WHERE THEY WORKED HARD IN LAS FINCAS. THATS GONE AND THE BOMBINGS THAT HAVE BEEN TAKING PLACE IN VIEQUES FOR MANY YEARS HAS AFFECTED THE ENVIRONMENT,THE OCEAN WHERE THEY WOULD MAKE A LIVING FISHING AND FEED THEIR FAMILIES.THE PUERTORICAN FLAG REPRESENTS THE BLOOD THAT WAS SHED,THE PEACE THAT CAME WITH THE BLOOD SHED,THE SUPPOSEDLY BEAUTIFUL WATER THAT SURROUNDS IT,AND THE ONE STAR THAT REPRESENTS, LA ISLA DEL ENCANTO.PUERTO RICANS HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES,IMPRISONED,PROTESTED;;;;WHY????SHOULD WE JUST HAND THIS ISLAND OVER TO THE U.S.
THE U.S. ALONG WITH THE POLITICIANS HAS CREATED THIS,TO DISCOURAGE MY PEOPLE AND LEAD THEM TO BELIEVE THAT BECOMING A STATE IS TO THEIR BENEFIT. I SUGGEST THAT YOU DO UR RESEARCH, OR BETTER YET GO TO THE ISLAND OF PUERTO RICO AND DRIVE TO THE PUEBLOS TALK TO THE PEOPLE. IF YOU COMMUTE BY CAR, THEN I GUESS YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DO THIS. ADIOS;I'M NOT ATTACKING YOU,JUST GIVING YOU SOME FACTS
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