You said:
Maxine Waters wrote:If they want help, they should choose statehood and start paying federal taxes like the rest of us.
And then you posted the wiki link. For some reason you think we're giant “F” ing morons and wouldn't, nay couldn't, notice:
The Commonwealth government has its own tax laws and Puerto Ricans are also required to pay most US federal taxes,[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] with the major exception being that most residents do not have to pay the federal personal income tax.[9] In 2009, Puerto Rico paid $3.742 billion into the US Treasury.[10] Residents of Puerto Rico pay into Social Security, and are thus eligible for Social Security benefits upon retirement. However, they are excluded from the Supplemental Security Income.
The federal taxes paid by Puerto Rico residents include import/export taxes,[11] federal commodity taxes,[12] and others. Residents also pay federal payroll taxes, such as Social Security[13] and Medicare taxes.[14]
Like. Is that what you do? You go to the source
I just suggested you use, and then cherry pick an out-of-context line, basically lying or in Trump's words 'Fake News' and pass it off as supporting your erroneous point?
Why would you do that? Why would you purposefully lie like that? What's wrong with you?
- Doc