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Should Puerto Rico Become the 51st State?

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Mike talks with George Laws Garcia, a former acting director of the Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration and Executive Director of the Puerto Rico Statehood Council.

Topics Mike and George Cover Include:

- how Puerto Ricans aresecond-class US citizens

- Puerto Rico and federal income taxes

- independence as opposed to statehood

- how Puerto Ricans feel about statehood

- US domestic political considerations

- what making Puerto Rico a state might cost

- short and medium-term prospects for statehood

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Mike talks with George Laws Garcia, a former acting director of the Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration and Executive Director of the Puerto Rico Statehood Council.

Topics Mike and George Cover Include:

- how Puerto Ricans aresecond-class US citizens

- Puerto Rico and federal income taxes

- independence as opposed to statehood

- how Puerto Ricans feel about statehood

- US domestic political considerations

- what making Puerto Rico a state might cost

- short and medium-term prospects for statehood

Follow George on X, and check out Puerto Rico 51st

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Listener support helps make The Politics Guys possible. You can support us or change your level of support at patreon.com/politicsguys or politicsguys.com/support. On Venmo we’re @PoliticsGuys.

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