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Kastrada
09/13/18 7:39:28 PM
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DarkTransient posted...
Kastrada posted...
RoboLaserGandhi posted...
We literally added Hawaii and Alaska just so we could say we had a nice even 50.


We could get American Samoa, Virgin Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the other territory who's name I forget and have an even 55! >_>


Canada?


Northern Mariana Islands.

Adding Canada as a state is like converting an attic into a bedroom. Is it really worth it?
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VipaGTS
09/13/18 7:40:14 PM
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Ok how about this, we add those 5 territories, then trade Mississippi for BC....i think that's a good deal....
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sktgamer_13dude
09/13/18 8:33:40 PM
#53:


BoxxY2JosHBK posted...
3rd_Best_Master posted...
BoxxY2JosHBK posted...
3rd_Best_Master posted...
frozenshock posted...
UnholyMudcrab posted...
In 2012, 61% of the 54% who voted not to maintain the status quo voted for statehood. That works out to roughly 33% total who voted for statehood.


Twist it however you want, statehood won the 2012 poll. And in 2017 it won overwhelmingly. I didn't know low turnout invalidated a vote result.

If it did then I don't see why 2016 can't have a re-do. That result was even more illegitimate than Puerto Rico's; low turnout and the winner didn't even win.


You should look up election rules. The winner did indeed win

And PR voted to become a state. What's the issue here?


Good for them. They aren't one our states so it doesn't really matter.

And theyre still citizens.

Go troll somewhere else.
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BoxxY2JosHBK
09/13/18 8:36:33 PM
#54:


I've already said if they could become self sustaining, I'd be happy to let them be a state. Until then, Commonwealth is good enough
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frozenshock
09/13/18 8:39:38 PM
#55:


BoxxY2JosHBK posted...
I've already said if they could become self sustaining, I'd be happy to let them be a state. Until then, Commonwealth is good enough


How self sustaining is Mississippi?
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BoxxY2JosHBK
09/13/18 8:40:36 PM
#56:


frozenshock posted...
BoxxY2JosHBK posted...
I've already said if they could become self sustaining, I'd be happy to let them be a state. Until then, Commonwealth is good enough


How self sustaining is Mississippi?


100%
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frozenshock
09/13/18 8:41:50 PM
#57:


BoxxY2JosHBK posted...
frozenshock posted...
BoxxY2JosHBK posted...
I've already said if they could become self sustaining, I'd be happy to let them be a state. Until then, Commonwealth is good enough


How self sustaining is Mississippi?


100%


Right....
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BoxxY2JosHBK
09/13/18 8:43:01 PM
#58:


On top of being self sustaining, hope you are thankful for all that cotton you use. Not only are they self sustaining, they pull their own weight in this country
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UnholyMudcrab
09/13/18 9:06:58 PM
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Phantom_Nook
09/13/18 9:26:14 PM
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why not just make all the territories states?
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BJ-blazkowics
09/13/18 9:58:44 PM
#61:


Phantom_Nook posted...
why not just make all the territories states?


because they're not white :/

it's a stupid reasoning, I know
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BaphometFlux
09/13/18 10:01:29 PM
#62:


Puerto Rico is a shithole , it wouldnt be a good state anyways :P
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BJ-blazkowics
09/14/18 9:27:06 AM
#63:


BaphometFlux posted...
Puerto Rico is a shithole , it wouldnt be a good state anyways :P


Yeah because places like Montana, Alabama, Tennessee, etc are great states that give so much to the union, right?
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BoxxY2JosHBK
09/14/18 10:06:14 AM
#64:


BJ-blazkowics posted...
BaphometFlux posted...
Puerto Rico is a shithole , it wouldnt be a good state anyways :P


Yeah because places like Montana, Alabama, Tennessee, etc are great states that give so much to the union, right?


Actually, yes
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EnragedSlith
09/14/18 10:09:26 AM
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Im close friends with an older Puerto Rican national, and he claims that they (as in the people back home) dont want to be.
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BJ-blazkowics
09/14/18 10:14:53 AM
#66:


BoxxY2JosHBK posted...
BJ-blazkowics posted...
BaphometFlux posted...
Puerto Rico is a shithole , it wouldnt be a good state anyways :P


Yeah because places like Montana, Alabama, Tennessee, etc are great states that give so much to the union, right?


Actually, yes


hahahaa lmao

they take more in wellfare than they pay in taxes.

But hey, they got white people, all that matters right?
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BoxxY2JosHBK
09/14/18 10:17:36 AM
#67:


BJ-blazkowics posted...
BoxxY2JosHBK posted...
BJ-blazkowics posted...
BaphometFlux posted...
Puerto Rico is a shithole , it wouldnt be a good state anyways :P


Yeah because places like Montana, Alabama, Tennessee, etc are great states that give so much to the union, right?


Actually, yes


hahahaa lmao

they take more in wellfare than they pay in taxes.

But hey, they got white people, all that matters right?


Not moreso than California. However, what they produce is more valuable than anything given in welfare
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Kineth
09/14/18 10:24:50 AM
#68:


BoxxY2JosHBK posted...
BJ-blazkowics posted...
BoxxY2JosHBK posted...
BJ-blazkowics posted...
BaphometFlux posted...
Puerto Rico is a shithole , it wouldnt be a good state anyways :P


Yeah because places like Montana, Alabama, Tennessee, etc are great states that give so much to the union, right?


Actually, yes


hahahaa lmao

they take more in wellfare than they pay in taxes.

But hey, they got white people, all that matters right?


Not moreso than California. However, what they produce is more valuable than anything given in welfare


Yes moreso than California. Obviously the gross number is larger because the state has the largest population, but given the state's GDP, the state ends up being a net donor as opposed to a net recipient.

But you knew that and just want to cheerlead for conservatives and/or lambast liberals like you have been for over a decade.
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BJ-blazkowics
09/14/18 10:25:06 AM
#69:


BoxxY2JosHBK posted...
BJ-blazkowics posted...
BoxxY2JosHBK posted...
BJ-blazkowics posted...
BaphometFlux posted...
Puerto Rico is a shithole , it wouldnt be a good state anyways :P


Yeah because places like Montana, Alabama, Tennessee, etc are great states that give so much to the union, right?


Actually, yes


hahahaa lmao

they take more in wellfare than they pay in taxes.

But hey, they got white people, all that matters right?


Not moreso than California. However, what they produce is more valuable than anything given in welfare


California gives more taxes than they take in wellfare.

But do tell, what is this thing they produce that is "more valuable than anything given in wellfare"?
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BoxxY2JosHBK
09/14/18 10:30:34 AM
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Do you not know about food and crops? Without those states, the country goes hungry and naked.
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Kineth
09/14/18 10:33:01 AM
#71:


BoxxY2JosHBK posted...
Do you not know about food and crops? Without those states, the country goes hungry and naked.


That sounds like you endorse welfare.
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BJ-blazkowics
09/14/18 10:42:11 AM
#72:


BoxxY2JosHBK posted...
Do you not know about food and crops? Without those states, the country goes hungry and naked.


California is literally the breadbasket of the country lol
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TomNook20
09/14/18 10:48:01 AM
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Nomadic View
09/14/18 10:48:41 AM
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They dont want to be.
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BoxxY2JosHBK
09/14/18 10:49:46 AM
#75:


Kineth posted...
BoxxY2JosHBK posted...
Do you not know about food and crops? Without those states, the country goes hungry and naked.


That sounds like you endorse welfare.


No. I endorse earning welfare. There is a difference. For instance, I'm ok with citizens receiving welfare if they can prove every week they are looking for work

BJ-blazkowics posted...
BoxxY2JosHBK posted...
Do you not know about food and crops? Without those states, the country goes hungry and naked.


California is literally the breadbasket of the country lol


They should use that bread to feed some of their homeless considering they have the biggest homeless rate per capital in the country. That's all I'm gonna say about that
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Kineth
09/14/18 10:52:16 AM
#76:


BoxxY2JosHBK posted...
Kineth posted...
BoxxY2JosHBK posted...
Do you not know about food and crops? Without those states, the country goes hungry and naked.


That sounds like you endorse welfare.


No. I endorse earning welfare. There is a difference


Then I guess those flyover states should start using their land to grow their own crops and earn that food as opposed to being taxed by the open market and geological location.
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BoxxY2JosHBK
09/14/18 10:53:40 AM
#77:


Kineth posted...
BoxxY2JosHBK posted...
Kineth posted...
BoxxY2JosHBK posted...
Do you not know about food and crops? Without those states, the country goes hungry and naked.


That sounds like you endorse welfare.


No. I endorse earning welfare. There is a difference


Then I guess those flyover states should start using their land to grow their own crops and earn that food as opposed to being taxed by the open market and geological location.


Sure. As long as you want the country to starve that is.
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Lord_Shadow
09/14/18 10:55:45 AM
#78:


BoxxY2JosHBK posted...
Do you not know about food and crops? Without those states, the country goes hungry and naked.

The state of New York could theoretically feed the entire country if for some reason it had to the us has such a surplus of food most of it goes to waste anyways or used in compost.
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Kineth
09/14/18 10:56:54 AM
#79:


BoxxY2JosHBK posted...
Kineth posted...
BoxxY2JosHBK posted...
Kineth posted...
BoxxY2JosHBK posted...
Do you not know about food and crops? Without those states, the country goes hungry and naked.


That sounds like you endorse welfare.


No. I endorse earning welfare. There is a difference


Then I guess those flyover states should start using their land to grow their own crops and earn that food as opposed to being taxed by the open market and geological location.


Sure. As long as you want the country to starve that is.


I support welfare. I want the country to work together. You don't and the endgame of your politics is to have the country starve.
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BoxxY2JosHBK
09/14/18 11:06:01 AM
#80:


Kineth posted...
BoxxY2JosHBK posted...
Kineth posted...
BoxxY2JosHBK posted...
Kineth posted...
BoxxY2JosHBK posted...
Do you not know about food and crops? Without those states, the country goes hungry and naked.


That sounds like you endorse welfare.


No. I endorse earning welfare. There is a difference


Then I guess those flyover states should start using their land to grow their own crops and earn that food as opposed to being taxed by the open market and geological location.


Sure. As long as you want the country to starve that is.


I support welfare. I want the country to work together. You don't and the endgame of your politics is to have the country starve.


I do too. Key word: WORK together
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Kineth
09/14/18 11:22:42 AM
#81:


BoxxY2JosHBK posted...
Kineth posted...
BoxxY2JosHBK posted...
Kineth posted...
BoxxY2JosHBK posted...
Kineth posted...
BoxxY2JosHBK posted...
Do you not know about food and crops? Without those states, the country goes hungry and naked.


That sounds like you endorse welfare.


No. I endorse earning welfare. There is a difference


Then I guess those flyover states should start using their land to grow their own crops and earn that food as opposed to being taxed by the open market and geological location.


Sure. As long as you want the country to starve that is.


I support welfare. I want the country to work together. You don't and the endgame of your politics is to have the country starve.


I do too. Key word: WORK together


The keyword is together, not work.
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BoxxY2JosHBK
09/14/18 11:48:55 AM
#82:


Why can't it be both?
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NibeIungsnarf
09/14/18 11:49:56 AM
#83:


Puerto Rico isnt a state cause Republicans hate democracy, freedom and hispanics
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Kineth
09/14/18 11:51:15 AM
#84:


BoxxY2JosHBK posted...
Why can't it be both?


It's supposed to be. You're the one that singled out one word. Apparently you didn't like having another word be singled out instead. Also, the implication you made of suggesting that people on welfare do not work is pretty shitty.
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BJ-blazkowics
09/14/18 11:53:19 AM
#85:


BoxxY2JosHBK posted...
Kineth posted...
BoxxY2JosHBK posted...
Do you not know about food and crops? Without those states, the country goes hungry and naked.


That sounds like you endorse welfare.


No. I endorse earning welfare. There is a difference. For instance, I'm ok with citizens receiving welfare if they can prove every week they are looking for work

BJ-blazkowics posted...
BoxxY2JosHBK posted...
Do you not know about food and crops? Without those states, the country goes hungry and naked.


California is literally the breadbasket of the country lol


They should use that bread to feed some of their homeless considering they have the biggest homeless rate per capital in the country. That's all I'm gonna say about that


and your flyover states should use their "food and crops" to treat that nasty opioid epidemic then
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Bloodychess
09/14/18 11:56:22 AM
#86:


BJ-blazkowics posted...
and your flyover states should use their "food and crops" to treat that nasty opioid epidemic then


Because Cali isn't swimming in drugs itself lol

Bad deflection
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BoxxY2JosHBK
09/14/18 12:03:56 PM
#87:


Kineth posted...
BoxxY2JosHBK posted...
Why can't it be both?


It's supposed to be. You're the one that singled out one word. Apparently you didn't like having another word be singled out instead. Also, the implication you made of suggesting that people on welfare do not work is pretty shitty.


Because it's the most important word
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Kineth
09/14/18 12:50:36 PM
#88:


No, together is the most important word.
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BoxxY2JosHBK
09/14/18 12:58:26 PM
#89:


There is no such thing as a free lunch
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Renraku_San
09/14/18 1:09:41 PM
#90:


I doubt that.
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Kineth
09/14/18 1:47:24 PM
#91:


BoxxY2JosHBK posted...
There is no such thing as a free lunch


Read a macroeconomics textbook sometime.
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3rd_Best_Master
09/14/18 1:54:40 PM
#92:


Bloodychess posted...
BJ-blazkowics posted...
and your flyover states should use their "food and crops" to treat that nasty opioid epidemic then


Because Cali isn't swimming in drugs itself lol

Bad deflection

Cali at least has the benefit of their demographic of druggies not crippling their state into unproductivity. Maybe those flyover states should focus on trying to be better places to live so that all of their citizens don't need to be drugged up zombies just to make it through the day.
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