Maria and Fiona

[Dribble]

It’s now Tuesday. Biden, who wiped out nearly $2 trillion in student debt with the stroke of a pen, still hasn’t granted a Jones Act exemption so that Puerto Rico can get desperately needed fuel and supplies.

Disgruntled?

 

[ChloeTzang]

Chloe, I understand that you are an American of mixed cultural background yourself and that your immediate family has close military connections

Chloe: I understand that you are an American citizen, originally of mixed Chinese/European background and with strong military connections. The People of Puerto Rico, Guam, and Washington DC are also American citizens and are disproportionately over represented in the US armed forces.

Many of these people have died for their country; do you think that they should continue to be second class citizens unable to vote in Presidential or Congressional elections? Would you support improving their status through statehood or by some other means, or should these under-class Americans be satisfied with their subservient status?

If you ask me, I'd just move it all back into Virginia, which ceded the land to start with, rather than create a new State, which would be gerrymandering of the worst sort. That'd have an influence on Virginian politics and voting, but it seems more reasonable than creating a new state, which would completely upset the balance of power. On the other hand, we could make DC a State, and offset that by creating the State of Jefferson, which wants no part of southern California. There's all sorts of variations on this one. IMHO. we should separate out ALL the mega-cities and make them their own States, they usually have nothing in common with the States they've inflicted themselves on. Like NYC and NY . LOL