America set to welcome its 51st state to the union

[Kasz216]

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the2real4mafol said:

sc94597 said:

the2real4mafol said:
Why does Puerto Rico belong to the USA? I thought it was an independent country

It's a renmant territory gained after the Spanish-American war. 

I just looked it up and that was over 100 years ago, how come it wasn't considered to become a state till now?

Good question.

It hasn't.  It's been decades that puerto rico has considered statehood.

According to a friend of mine from PR, It's just most people don't want to pay taxes.  While there is also a 20% or so independence group.  If anything the independece group has been growing.

Congress has been too nice to force the issue so it's in limbo until something drastically swings them.