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[i]Top Ten Reasons Conservatives Should Oppose Puerto Rican Statehood

Jim Boulet of Coalition against Puerto Rico Statehood is circulating Top Ten Reasons Why Conservatives Should Oppose H.R. 856, the Puerto Rico Statehood Act:

1. Bill Clinton has endorsed H.R. 856 and demanded that Congress pass it.

2. Al Gore and Dick Gephardt support H.R. 856.

3. Statehood for Puerto Rico means at least six Congressmen from the island -- which makes Puerto Rico statehood six times worse than D.C. statehood.

4. Abortion is legal in Puerto Rico although Roe v. Wade did not apply to the Commonwealth.

5. Firearms are registered in Puerto Rico and many are banned.

6. Puerto Rico's Statehood Party Governor just unionized all its government's employees.

7. At least 50% of the island's population is on food stamps. Under statehood that number would increase, as would the cost to the U.S. taxpayer ($3-4 billion annually).

8. Under statehood, most Puerto Ricans will still not pay income taxes, thanks to low incomes and tax credits.

9. The island's independence movement, which includes terrorist elements, will still exist.

10. Nine out of ten high school graduates in Puerto Rico cannot speak English. Puerto Rico would be America's own Quebec
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