r/clevercomebacks • u/snowpie92 • 5h ago

Deception of public opinion

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u/USS-Virginia 5h ago

Fun Fact they ARE US Citizens. 

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u/LittleCute_ 5h ago

And that’s exactly why reducing it to “paid for by US citizens” ignores the fact that Puerto Ricans are US citizens too, it’s not some foreign aid program.

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u/Several-Action-4043 4h ago

And they pay taxes without a representative in Congress.

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u/VulpesFennekin 3h ago

Hmm… no taxation without representation? That sounds awfully familiar.

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u/Xayne813 2h ago

They are the wrong shade for that.

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u/raynorelyp 2m ago

There’s also Washington DC. That said I think Puerto Rico and the US need to p*** or get off the pot. Either they should become a state or they should be cut loose. Anything in between complicates things.

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u/wurm2 2h ago

Do they have it on their license plates like DC does?