I was born and raised there. The problems that Puerto Rico has do not get fixed by independence nor do they get fixed by it becoming a state. Puerto Ricans problem has, and will always be, fucking Puerto Ricans. We have a bunch of people wheeling and dealing when they get to government on top of people under reporting taxes which is additionally exacerbated by a terrible drug policy that does more to hurt the island than help. We have motherfuckers in our senate that are in favor of statehood but don’t know how to speak english. How the hell is anybody supposed to take that shit seriously?
So explain to me, how will independence deal with the current bond situation in PR? You know, the one that made several of our sports stars go from well off to broke? The same bond situation that will make people think Greece is balling by comparison? Oh that’s right, it won’t. Because at the moment, the island can get by using USA’s reputation to skimp along.
There is no slave mentality. Independence is great for countries with the natural resources to establish themselves. All that it would do for the country is make it harder to import/export things. The situation when Betances was alive was significantly different than the reality we have now. Before the island makes a choice, it needs to chore up a million and a half things that are wrong with it. It would be wise for the country to fix those while well educated american experts can still easily enter/leave the island.
But give me freedom, give me freedom, give me some damn freedom. I am far freer in the states than any of my family back home? You know why? Because I don’t have to worry about the bullshit crime rate in that bat shit crazy island. Lets give freedom that threw a major protest so they could use ATVs on the roads and then later threw an even bigger one in favor of making marriage one man and one woman. Is that the freedom half of that knuckle dragging island deserves? Apparently it is. You bat shit crazy indepentistas think that when the island is “free” you’re shitty party will take over. You care more about some bullshit claim to freedom without realizing that, if free, our island will get bukkaked by every major financial institution in the fucking planet.
You want some freedom? Look at Jamaica. IMF has had them by the balls so fucking hard they can barely export onions. What would happen when the hammer falls and people start cashing in the bonds? Oh yeah, we’re gonna be sucking dick and getting fucked between the Fed and international investors. See you don’t want real freedom. If Puerto Rico goes independent, you’ll be the first motherfucker screaming that we keep the dollar. Pull the trigger though, grow some balls and say Puerto Rico needs its own currency. Let me know what life is like when a gallon of milk is 10 Puerto Rican doodoodollars. With the amount of debt we have, terrible industrial sector and lack of exploitable natural resources like oil or gold, we’re gonna have to the land until it is its own country in name only. I heartily welcome the name change to De Leon avenue to McDonald’s avenue.
You don’t know the cost of freedom. You are just another piece of shit leftists who thinks that screaming Libertad! is the rallying call of the revolution. You don’t care about true liberty anymore than any other fucking idiot that thinks punk rock is just about a pair of skinny jeans and a mohawk. At the end of the day, you don’t love our culture, you don’t love your people, you don’t love your island. You don’t really want whats best of it. You’re just another idiot that thinks independence is a panacea for the country’s ailments. Go listen to Fiel a La Vega and jerk off to your poster of Ruben Berrios, that’s all your brain is good for.
And please, stop embarassing Puerto Ricans. Some of us actually know how to maneuver the English language. That atrocity that you put on the page just shows the world how unqualified you for any type of diplomatic endevour.
