Puerto Rico still in the dark 100 days later
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_Some Schmo
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Re: Puerto Rico still in the dark 100 days later
The only way Drumpf would give a crap about PR is if it were a territory of Russia, given that he's damned traitor and all.
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_Maxine Waters
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Re: Puerto Rico still in the dark 100 days later
If they want help, they should choose statehood and start paying federal taxes like the rest of us.
You should do a google and a wiki before posting.
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Since Puerto Rico is a U.S. Territory only government employees pay federal income tax. All other employers and employees do not pay federal income taxes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxation_in_Puerto_Rico
“There were mothers who took this [Rodney King LA riots] as an opportunity to take some milk, to take some bread, to take some shoes ... They are not crooks.”
This liberal would be about socializing … uh, umm. … Would be about, basically, taking over, and the government running all of your companies.
This liberal would be about socializing … uh, umm. … Would be about, basically, taking over, and the government running all of your companies.
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_Doctor CamNC4Me
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Re: Puerto Rico still in the dark 100 days later
What if you had googled 'what-taxes-do-Puerto-Ricans-pay'?
This is what you'd get:
https://www.google.com/search?q=what+ta ... e&ie=UTF-8
Straight up and in your face it quotes Wiki:
I just can't bring myself to believe you're this dishonest. So. I'm going to believe you're daft. It's an easier pill to swallow.
- Doc
This is what you'd get:
https://www.google.com/search?q=what+ta ... e&ie=UTF-8
Straight up and in your face it quotes Wiki:
The Commonwealth government has its own tax laws and Puerto Ricans are also required to pay most US federal taxes, with the major exception being that most residents do not have to pay the federal personal income tax. In 2009, Puerto Rico paid $3.742 billion into the US Treasury.
I just can't bring myself to believe you're this dishonest. So. I'm going to believe you're daft. It's an easier pill to swallow.
- Doc
In the face of madness, rationality has no power - Xiao Wang, US historiographer, 2287 AD.
Every record...falsified, every book rewritten...every statue...has been renamed or torn down, every date...altered...the process is continuing...minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Ideology is always right.
Every record...falsified, every book rewritten...every statue...has been renamed or torn down, every date...altered...the process is continuing...minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Ideology is always right.
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_Maxine Waters
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Re: Puerto Rico still in the dark 100 days later
So why shouldn't Puerto Ricans have the same responsibility as US citizens to pay personal federal US income tax? They seem to be entitled to all the same benefits.
“There were mothers who took this [Rodney King LA riots] as an opportunity to take some milk, to take some bread, to take some shoes ... They are not crooks.”
This liberal would be about socializing … uh, umm. … Would be about, basically, taking over, and the government running all of your companies.
This liberal would be about socializing … uh, umm. … Would be about, basically, taking over, and the government running all of your companies.
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_Doctor CamNC4Me
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Re: Puerto Rico still in the dark 100 days later
Maxine Waters wrote:So why shouldn't Puerto Ricans have the same responsibility as US citizens to pay personal federal US income tax? They seem to be entitled to all the same benefits.
You're barking up the wrong tree. I think they should be brought into the union or cut loose.
You're not going to address your dishonesty?
- Doc
In the face of madness, rationality has no power - Xiao Wang, US historiographer, 2287 AD.
Every record...falsified, every book rewritten...every statue...has been renamed or torn down, every date...altered...the process is continuing...minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Ideology is always right.
Every record...falsified, every book rewritten...every statue...has been renamed or torn down, every date...altered...the process is continuing...minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Ideology is always right.
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_Doctor CamNC4Me
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Re: Puerto Rico still in the dark 100 days later
You said:
And then you posted the wiki link. For some reason you think we're giant ____ ing morons and wouldn't, nay couldn't, notice:
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
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 ____ 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
In the face of madness, rationality has no power - Xiao Wang, US historiographer, 2287 AD.
Every record...falsified, every book rewritten...every statue...has been renamed or torn down, every date...altered...the process is continuing...minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Ideology is always right.
Every record...falsified, every book rewritten...every statue...has been renamed or torn down, every date...altered...the process is continuing...minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Ideology is always right.
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_Maxine Waters
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Re: Puerto Rico still in the dark 100 days later
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?
So they should start paying personal federal income taxes like the rest of us? Would that be accurate enough for you? Show me where the lie is in that statement.
“There were mothers who took this [Rodney King LA riots] as an opportunity to take some milk, to take some bread, to take some shoes ... They are not crooks.”
This liberal would be about socializing … uh, umm. … Would be about, basically, taking over, and the government running all of your companies.
This liberal would be about socializing … uh, umm. … Would be about, basically, taking over, and the government running all of your companies.
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_EAllusion
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Re: Puerto Rico still in the dark 100 days later
Maxine Waters wrote:So why shouldn't Puerto Ricans have the same responsibility as US citizens to pay personal federal US income tax? They seem to be entitled to all the same benefits.
How many Senators and Congressional Representatives does Puerto Rico have?
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_Maxine Waters
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Re: Puerto Rico still in the dark 100 days later
How many Senators and Congressional Representatives does Puerto Rico have?
Just CNN right now. I agree with Doc. Annex them or cut them loose.
If they don't want that, then it seems like they just want the benefits of American Citizenship without the responsibilities.
“There were mothers who took this [Rodney King LA riots] as an opportunity to take some milk, to take some bread, to take some shoes ... They are not crooks.”
This liberal would be about socializing … uh, umm. … Would be about, basically, taking over, and the government running all of your companies.
This liberal would be about socializing … uh, umm. … Would be about, basically, taking over, and the government running all of your companies.
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_EAllusion
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Re: Puerto Rico still in the dark 100 days later
Maxine Waters wrote:How many Senators and Congressional Representatives does Puerto Rico have?
Just CNN right now. I agree with Doc. Annex them or cut them loose.
If they don't want that, then it seems like they just want the benefits of American Citizenship without the responsibilities.
Representative CNN covered a missing plane with more fervor than it has the worst natural disaster in modern memory.
Just to be clear, you don't consider "political representation" as part of the benefits of American citizenship. How patriotic of a sentiment do you consider this? Ultra-American or Mega-American?