RE: Greece Financial Crisis Predicts Horrible Future for Puerto Rico
The position that Puerto Rico is in does indeed suck but it is kind of their own fault. The citizens have had many chances to vote on becoming the 51st state in the United States - each time it has been faltered by the citizens.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/12/puerto-rico-statehood-resolution_n_4777128.html
The most recent vote I could find on statehood occurred in 2014 and it was nullified by the citizens via blank ballots on the two part question posed to them. This blank ballot on the second part caused the votes to fall to the denial side of the equation.
Had they voted to become the 51st state in the United States then yes, they would have qualified for benefits of a state (such as at least some debt forgiveness like Detroit received).
I concur my good sir, in fact are you aware that we are finally eliminating the possibility of remaining in the status quo? We have a new election coming up this summer that will finally determine the ultimate fate of Puerto Rico. Now for the first time in history, we either become a state or an independent nation!
That is awesome. Personally, I welcome the island nation into the Union. We need a shake up of politics to get anything different than what we have had for the last however many years since we became a two party system.