Talk:Politics of Puerto Rico/Archives/2007/June

Removed unsourced statements about alleged tax obligations and social services

This statement is potentially inflamatory and possibly supports a specific local political point of view but is unsourced so should be removed until proper references are provided to support acceptance as a 'factual' statement. Veriss 23:59, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

"Residents of the island do not pay federal income tax, but all commerce is controlled and highly taxed by the U.S. before importation or exportation. Puerto Ricans also pay federal payroll taxes to the U.S., which have a particularly heavy impact on Puerto Rico's relatively low-income workers. Island residents pay social security taxes and federal taxes other than income but they have limited or no access to several key federal programs. Puerto Rico is excluded from Supplemental Security Income (SSI). For Medicaid, Puerto Rico receives less than 15% of the funding it would be allotted as a state. For Medicare, Puerto Rico pays fully but only receives partial benefits. As statutory U.S. citizens, Puerto Ricans are subject to military service and most federal laws."

While there are weasel words and POV in the above paragraph, most of the information is factual. A simple rewrite, rather than a deletion would have been better. I am not sure this information belongs in this article, however due to the tone and content of the entire article, it would be helpful to provide information on the political and economic relationship with the USA.

Therefore I am rewriting and re-inserting the information.--Cerejota 01:53, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Though I prefer your wording to what was there previously, it still lacks citations and references. If you wish the section to remain, please source your information. Veriss 03:46, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Citizenship revocation

The issue of whether statutorily-granted United States citizenship can be revoked is not yet definitively settled. Thus, non-revocability should no be stated as a hard fact. The United States has never disposed of a territory whose inhabitants have been granted wholesale US citizenship by statute. In the case of several Pacific territories and the Philippines, inhabitants may have been considered "US nationals", but not necessarily US "citizens". Therefore, the disposition of the Philippines in 1946 required no revocation of that which had never been granted. Once again, there are diverse POV's on this subject.Pr4ever 13:06, 25 June 2007 (UTC)