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The United States of America was founded on the principle of
NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION
and a war with Great Britain, so why is Puerto Rico taxed by the federal government but has no representation in Congress or Senate?
#StatehoodForPuertoRico #PR51 #StatehoodForDC #DC52 -
The United States of America was founded on the principle of
NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION
and a war with Great Britain, so why is Puerto Rico taxed by the federal government but has no representation in Congress or Senate?
#StatehoodForPuertoRico #PR51 #StatehoodForDC #DC52 -
The United States of America was founded on the principle of
NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION
and a war with Great Britain, so why is Puerto Rico taxed by the federal government but has no representation in Congress or Senate?
#StatehoodForPuertoRico #PR51 #StatehoodForDC #DC52 -
The United States of America was founded on the principle of
NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION
and a war with Great Britain, so why is Puerto Rico taxed by the federal government but has no representation in Congress or Senate?
#StatehoodForPuertoRico #PR51 #StatehoodForDC #DC52 -
The United States of America was founded on the principle of
NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION
and a war with Great Britain, so why is Puerto Rico taxed by the federal government but has no representation in Congress or Senate?
#StatehoodForPuertoRico #PR51 #StatehoodForDC #DC52 -
3.2 million Americans in Puerto Rico—more than 21 states—are denied voting representation in Congress. Statehood is about fairness and equality. Is it time to add Puerto Rico as the 51st state? Learn more: https://buff.ly/40giwts
#StatehoodForPuertoRico #51stState #EqualRepresentation #AmericanDemocracy #vote #votingrights #EveryVoteCounts #RacialJustice #JusticeForAll #historymatters #USHistory #AmericanHistory #colonialism -
@GottaLaff
Wait till those GOP "reformers" discover there are more US citizens in Puerto Rico than in all of Vermont, Wyoming, Alaska and North Dakota, and yet Puerto Ricans have zero electoral college votes for electing a president and no representation in the Senate, and those four states have 8.Surely they will be so outraged they will immediately be demanding #StatehoodForPuertoRico
#notaxationwithoutrepresentation -
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Yes, but...
...is just a start of what needs major mending in the #US electoral system:
#IntroduceProportionalRepresentation
#MakeGerrymanderingACrime
#StatehoodForDC
#StatehoodForPuertoRico
#DoubleNationality for #NativeAmericans,
#NoGunsNearTheVotingBooth#ThomasJefferson "...wrote to #JamesMadison in #1789:"
"Every #constitution then, & 👉every law, naturally expires👈 at..." (1)
(1)
https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-12-02-0248 -
(1/n)
Yes, but...
...is just a start of what needs major mending in the #US electoral system:
#IntroduceProportionalRepresentation
#MakeGerrymanderingACrime
#StatehoodForDC
#StatehoodForPuertoRico
#DoubleNationality for #NativeAmericans,
#NoGunsNearTheVotingBooth#ThomasJefferson "...wrote to #JamesMadison in #1789:"
"Every #constitution then, & 👉every law, naturally expires👈 at..." (1)
(1)
https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-12-02-0248 -
(1/n)
Yes, but...
...is just a start of what needs major mending in the #US electoral system:
#IntroduceProportionalRepresentation
#MakeGerrymanderingACrime
#StatehoodForDC
#StatehoodForPuertoRico
#DoubleNationality for #NativeAmericans,
#NoGunsNearTheVotingBooth#ThomasJefferson "...wrote to #JamesMadison in #1789:"
"Every #constitution then, & 👉every law, naturally expires👈 at..." (1)
(1)
https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-12-02-0248 -
(1/n)
Yes, but...
...is just a start of what needs major mending in the #US electoral system:
#IntroduceProportionalRepresentation
#MakeGerrymanderingACrime
#StatehoodForDC
#StatehoodForPuertoRico
#DoubleNationality for #NativeAmericans,
#NoGunsNearTheVotingBooth#ThomasJefferson "...wrote to #JamesMadison in #1789:"
"Every #constitution then, & 👉every law, naturally expires👈 at..." (1)
(1)
https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-12-02-0248 -
(1/n)
Yes, but...
...is just a start of what needs major mending in the #US electoral system:
#IntroduceProportionalRepresentation
#MakeGerrymanderingACrime
#StatehoodForDC
#StatehoodForPuertoRico
#DoubleNationality for #NativeAmericans,
#NoGunsNearTheVotingBooth#ThomasJefferson "...wrote to #JamesMadison in #1789:"
"Every #constitution then, & 👉every law, naturally expires👈 at..." (1)
(1)
https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-12-02-0248 -
Important reminder:
#CitizensUnitedVsFEC must be repealed by reversely codifying it in #Congress.Here is the most recent data what the #MilitaryIndustrialComplex has been spending on #contributions to #US politicians*.
In order to achieve this: #Supreme13--#ExpandTheCourt.
To get things going: break the #Senate stalemate:
#AbolishTheFilibuster
#StatehoodForDC
#StatehoodForPuertoRico
#AbolishTheElectors -
Important reminder:
#CitizensUnitedVsFEC must be repealed by reversely codifying it in #Congress.Here is the most recent data what the #MilitaryIndustrialComplex has been spending on #contributions to #US politicians*.
In order to achieve this: #Supreme13--#ExpandTheCourt.
To get things going: break the #Senate stalemate:
#AbolishTheFilibuster
#StatehoodForDC
#StatehoodForPuertoRico
#AbolishTheElectors -
Important reminder:
#CitizensUnitedVsFEC must be repealed by reversely codifying it in #Congress.Here is the most recent data what the #MilitaryIndustrialComplex has been spending on #contributions to #US politicians*.
In order to achieve this: #Supreme13--#ExpandTheCourt.
To get things going: break the #Senate stalemate:
#AbolishTheFilibuster
#StatehoodForDC
#StatehoodForPuertoRico
#AbolishTheElectors -
Important reminder:
#CitizensUnitedVsFEC must be repealed by reversely codifying it in #Congress.Here is the most recent data what the #MilitaryIndustrialComplex has been spending on #contributions to #US politicians*.
In order to achieve this: #Supreme13--#ExpandTheCourt.
To get things going: break the #Senate stalemate:
#AbolishTheFilibuster
#StatehoodForDC
#StatehoodForPuertoRico
#AbolishTheElectors -
Important reminder:
#CitizensUnitedVsFEC must be repealed by reversely codifying it in #Congress.Here is the most recent data what the #MilitaryIndustrialComplex has been spending on #contributions to #US politicians*.
In order to achieve this: #Supreme13--#ExpandTheCourt.
To get things going: break the #Senate stalemate:
#AbolishTheFilibuster
#StatehoodForDC
#StatehoodForPuertoRico
#AbolishTheElectors -
No more gerrymandering
Abolish the Electoral College
#Supreme13 - #ExpandTheCourt
#ImpeachClarenceThomas
#StatehoodForPuertoRico
#StatehoodForDC
No public office for convicted felons, with a minimum sentence of # years or # dollars (TBD)
#TermLimit for all politicians (2 consecutive years on state and federal level, 3 on local level due to many small communities)
Assault weapons monopoly for the military and special police units onlyand this:
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/109976532688427491 -
No more gerrymandering
Abolish the Electoral College
#Supreme13 - #ExpandTheCourt
#ImpeachClarenceThomas
#StatehoodForPuertoRico
#StatehoodForDC
No public office for convicted felons, with a minimum sentence of # years or # dollars (TBD)
#TermLimit for all politicians (2 consecutive years on state and federal level, 3 on local level due to many small communities)
Assault weapons monopoly for the military and special police units onlyand this:
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/109976532688427491 -
No more gerrymandering
Abolish the Electoral College
#Supreme13 - #ExpandTheCourt
#ImpeachClarenceThomas
#StatehoodForPuertoRico
#StatehoodForDC
No public office for convicted felons, with a minimum sentence of # years or # dollars (TBD)
#TermLimit for all politicians (2 consecutive years on state and federal level, 3 on local level due to many small communities)
Assault weapons monopoly for the military and special police units onlyand this:
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/109976532688427491 -
No more gerrymandering
Abolish the Electoral College
#Supreme13 - #ExpandTheCourt
#ImpeachClarenceThomas
#StatehoodForPuertoRico
#StatehoodForDC
No public office for convicted felons, with a minimum sentence of # years or # dollars (TBD)
#TermLimit for all politicians (2 consecutive years on state and federal level, 3 on local level due to many small communities)
Assault weapons monopoly for the military and special police units onlyand this:
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/109976532688427491 -
No more gerrymandering
Abolish the Electoral College
#Supreme13 - #ExpandTheCourt
#ImpeachClarenceThomas
#StatehoodForPuertoRico
#StatehoodForDC
No public office for convicted felons, with a minimum sentence of # years or # dollars (TBD)
#TermLimit for all politicians (2 consecutive years on state and federal level, 3 on local level due to many small communities)
Assault weapons monopoly for the military and special police units onlyand this:
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/109976532688427491 -
The #US' American Experiment must be reformed--1st thoughts:
POLITICS:
#EndTheFilibuster
#StatehoodForPuertoRico
#StatehoodForDCReversely codify #CitizensUnitedVsFEC (even better: constitutional amendment)
COURTS
#ImpeachThePerjuringJustices
#Supreme13
#ExpandTheCourtECONOMIC POLICY
Build far closer ties (#FTA's) with (#NATO) allies.
Revamp the #WTA
Reengage in pre-WWII trust-busting
#NationalizeTwitterFISCAL POLICY:
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/109699068277637039 -
The #US' American Experiment must be reformed--1st thoughts:
POLITICS:
#EndTheFilibuster
#StatehoodForPuertoRico
#StatehoodForDCReversely codify #CitizensUnitedVsFEC (even better: constitutional amendment)
COURTS
#ImpeachThePerjuringJustices
#Supreme13
#ExpandTheCourtECONOMIC POLICY
Build far closer ties (#FTA's) with (#NATO) allies.
Revamp the #WTA
Reengage in pre-WWII trust-busting
#NationalizeTwitterFISCAL POLICY:
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/109699068277637039 -
The #US' American Experiment must be reformed--1st thoughts:
POLITICS:
#EndTheFilibuster
#StatehoodForPuertoRico
#StatehoodForDCReversely codify #CitizensUnitedVsFEC (even better: constitutional amendment)
COURTS
#ImpeachThePerjuringJustices
#Supreme13
#ExpandTheCourtECONOMIC POLICY
Build far closer ties (#FTA's) with (#NATO) allies.
Revamp the #WTA
Reengage in pre-WWII trust-busting
#NationalizeTwitterFISCAL POLICY:
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/109699068277637039 -
The #US' American Experiment must be reformed--1st thoughts:
POLITICS:
#EndTheFilibuster
#StatehoodForPuertoRico
#StatehoodForDCReversely codify #CitizensUnitedVsFEC (even better: constitutional amendment)
COURTS
#ImpeachThePerjuringJustices
#Supreme13
#ExpandTheCourtECONOMIC POLICY
Build far closer ties (#FTA's) with (#NATO) allies.
Revamp the #WTA
Reengage in pre-WWII trust-busting
#NationalizeTwitterFISCAL POLICY:
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/109699068277637039 -
The #US' American Experiment must be reformed--1st thoughts:
POLITICS:
#EndTheFilibuster
#StatehoodForPuertoRico
#StatehoodForDCReversely codify #CitizensUnitedVsFEC (even better: constitutional amendment)
COURTS
#ImpeachThePerjuringJustices
#Supreme13
#ExpandTheCourtECONOMIC POLICY
Build far closer ties (#FTA's) with (#NATO) allies.
Revamp the #WTA
Reengage in pre-WWII trust-busting
#NationalizeTwitterFISCAL POLICY:
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/109699068277637039