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El_Tino On October 12, 2023
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Albuquerque, New Mexico
#16New Post! Nov 07, 2012 @ 20:30:37
@jonnythan Said

I don't really see an argument or reason. The people there seem to want it to get more benefits.


And also start paying taxes. Is the a reason against it?

@ThePainefulTruth Said

Hell, they'll fit right in, but it'll sort'a be like people wanting to get on the Titanic.


If that's true what are you still doing here?
nevermind_who On November 21, 2012




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#17New Post! Nov 07, 2012 @ 20:55:33
@El_Tino Said


If that's true what are you still doing here?


He's rearranging the furniture.
floydgirrl On October 08, 2022
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#18New Post! Nov 07, 2012 @ 20:58:32
Does this mean I can move there?
El_Tino On October 12, 2023
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Albuquerque, New Mexico
#19New Post! Nov 07, 2012 @ 21:01:02
If I move there can I avoid US taxes?
crazylikeafox On June 02, 2017




McKinney, Texas
#20New Post! Nov 08, 2012 @ 00:01:38
@El_Tino Said

Wait a sec...

54% want a change, of those 67% want to be a state..

so 67% x 54% = 36% want to become a state.


It's 67% of those that voted in the election. the 2nd part could be voted on even if you said no to the 1st part.
El_Tino On October 12, 2023
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Albuquerque, New Mexico
#21New Post! Nov 08, 2012 @ 07:41:15
@crazylikeafox Said

It's 67% of those that voted in the election. the 2nd part could be voted on even if you said no to the 1st part.



Ah, thanks for clearing that up. The article I read was confusing.
ThePainefulTruth On May 06, 2013
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Peoria, Arizona
#22New Post! Nov 08, 2012 @ 15:29:38
@El_Tino Said

If that's true what are you still doing here?


All the other ships are either sinking or prison ships (or icebergs). There's a few that will probably last for a while like Singapore, but Obama and the UN will be coming for them as time permits.

When someone asks the President about the "disappearance" the Prime Minister of Singapore, Obama will just walk off and the question will be forgotten, as will the disappearance of the reporter who asked the question.
jonnythan On August 02, 2014
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Here and there,
#23New Post! Nov 08, 2012 @ 15:59:14
So you think Obama is extremely competent and powerful, both in this nation and others.

Got it.
chaski On March 28, 2024
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Tree at Floydgirrl's Window,
#24New Post! Nov 08, 2012 @ 16:36:06
@ThePainefulTruth Said

When someone asks the President about the "disappearance" the Prime Minister of Singapore, Obama will just walk off and the question will be forgotten, as will the disappearance of the reporter who asked the question.


So Obama is going to kidnap (or kill?) the Prime Minister of Singapore?

Any particular reason why he would want to do that?
JR_Sanford On August 02, 2017




Portland (St. Johns), Oregon
#25New Post! Nov 08, 2012 @ 17:04:55
@Lili Said

https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hzBL9GrHeIfClVBG4lZJ-ffQvxtA?docId=cc709e332ffc48e9b753c4a15da77bc9

What do you think of Puerto Rico being the 51st US state?


If they do, then they will have to pay Federal Taxes.

Becoming 51st State

J.R.
El_Tino On October 12, 2023
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Albuquerque, New Mexico
#26New Post! Nov 08, 2012 @ 21:46:41
@ThePainefulTruth Said

All the other ships are either sinking or prison ships (or icebergs). There's a few that will probably last for a while like Singapore, but Obama and the UN will be coming for them as time permits.

When someone asks the President about the "disappearance" the Prime Minister of Singapore, Obama will just walk off and the question will be forgotten, as will the disappearance of the reporter who asked the question.


So why aren't you booking your flight to Singapore to maximize your time on Earth? And what are you going to do when you go there and realize they have a universal health care system?
ThePainefulTruth On May 06, 2013
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Peoria, Arizona
#27New Post! Nov 09, 2012 @ 17:09:59
@chaski Said

So Obama is going to kidnap (or kill?) the Prime Minister of Singapore?


Not saying he will, but whatever he does, all he has to do is ignore the questions about it, same as Benghazi. I know that was an incredible leap to make that connection, but I understand, you gotta try to walk away yourself in your own irrational way.


@El_Tino Said

So why aren't you booking your flight to Singapore to maximize your time on Earth? And what are you going to do when you go there and realize they have a universal health care system?


Because I'm an American with roots (family) here, and it would only be delaying the inevitable in any case. I don't know about the health care system in Singapore, but other socialist healthcare sucks, including in Canada, and Obamacare is going to wreck this economy AND the healthcare system (which I have agreed needs an overhaul). Medicare is universal healthcare for seniors and that's crashing too.

It should also be noted that Singapore is #2 in the world for economic freedom. If we were to return to that model, we
COULD probably pay for Obamacare, although it would still be much less productive and efficient that a privately driven system.

Further, Singapore, and the rest of the world, sponge off the US investment in medical and drug research the same as some countries rely on us to partially or completely finance and man their defense.
offbeat On November 18, 2022




london, United Kingdom
#28New Post! Nov 09, 2012 @ 17:14:27
@jonnythan Said

I don't really see an argument or reason. The people there seem to want it to get more benefits.



mmm... that' sounds quite cynical jonny .. do you think the rest of the usa will be subsidising the p.r population far into the future ?
chaski On March 28, 2024
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Tree at Floydgirrl's Window,
#29New Post! Nov 09, 2012 @ 19:19:29
@ThePainefulTruth Said

Not saying he will, but whatever he does, all he has to do is ignore the questions about it, same as Benghazi. I know that was an incredible leap to make that connection, but I understand, you gotta try to walk away yourself in your own irrational way.
.


Right.

You invent some idiotic idea about Obama kidnapping or killing the prime minister of Singapore, and I am the irrational one.

Are you a hired gun for Rush Limbaugh or Karl Rove?

If so, it explains a lot.
El_Tino On October 12, 2023
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Albuquerque, New Mexico
#30New Post! Nov 13, 2012 @ 07:25:43
@ThePainefulTruth Said

Because I'm an American with roots (family) here, and it would only be delaying the inevitable in any case. I don't know about the health care system in Singapore, but other socialist healthcare sucks, including in Canada, and Obamacare is going to wreck this economy AND the healthcare system (which I have agreed needs an overhaul). Medicare is universal healthcare for seniors and that's crashing too.

It should also be noted that Singapore is #2 in the world for economic freedom. If we were to return to that model, we
COULD probably pay for Obamacare, although it would still be much less productive and efficient that a privately driven system.

Further, Singapore, and the rest of the world, sponge off the US investment in medical and drug research the same as some countries rely on us to partially or completely finance and man their defense.



So what will the rest of the world do when the US government stops funding pharmaceutical research and defense when the Republicans get that small-government conservative utopia they dream about?
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