Mike talks with George Laws Garcia, a former acting director of the Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration and Executive Director of the Puerto Rico Statehood Council.
Topics Mike and George Cover Include:
- how Puerto Ricans aresecond-class US citizens
- Puerto Rico and federal income taxes
- independence as opposed to statehood
- how Puerto Ricans feel about statehood
- US domestic political considerations
- what making Puerto Rico a state might cost
- short and medium-term prospects for statehood
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