Waiting for the Jens Pulver v Urijah Faber fight to start...
1. Why do the people of Puerto Rico get to vote for President? Do they pay taxes? I guess if they do then I don't have a beef but if they don't I really don't care who they want to be our President.
- so I guess I'll get researching that and get back to you...however I'll take any info anyone has on it.
2. I love when fights are on tv for free! It's fun to go to B-Dubs and watch them so we don't have to pay per view...but it's really great when you can watch it from your living room!
3. Why is my Bella dog always broken??? WTF? It's silliness; the vet should not know us well enough to know my voice when I call them...I swear we aren't bad puppy parents- they are just always getting into stuff that isn't there business. Here's a tip Bella: don't play with bees!
4. Why do we bother having spring? It only last 2 weeks and rains the whole time and we have killer (literally) thunderstorms and tornados. MN really only has blustery winters and sweltering summers. And fall is everyone's favorite but it lasts 2 weeks and then it's gone. Interesting commentary on humans...let's want what we have the least of...of course!
5. This week's goal: read one chapter of Bible everyday after going for my morning walk
...that's it for now
love to you all!
Christina (and Nate too!)
okay- I looked it up...for the record I am not a big fan of Wikipedia but it was the most thorough info I could find toot-sweet, so here we go:
Under the Constitution of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico is described as a 'Commonwealth' and Puerto Ricans enjoy a degree of administrative autonomy similar to that of a U.S. state. Puerto Ricans are statutory U.S. citizens, but since Puerto Rico is an unincorporated territory and not a U.S. state, the U.S. Constitution does not enfranchise U.S. citizens residing in Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico does participate in the internal political process of both the Democratic and Republican parties in the U.S., accorded equal-proportional representation in both parties, and delegates from the islands vote in each party's national convention.
Puerto Rico is classified by the U.S. government as an independent taxation authority by mutual agreement with the U.S. Congress. Contrary to common misconception, residents of Puerto Rico pay some U.S. federal taxes: import/export taxes, federal commodity taxes, social security taxes, etc. Most residents do not pay federal income tax but pay federal payroll taxes (Social Security and Medicare), and Puerto Rico income taxes. But federal employees, or those who do business with the federal government, Puerto Rico-based corporations that intend to send funds to the U.S. and others also pay federal income taxes. Because the cutoff point for income taxation is lower than that of the U.S. IRS code, and because the per-capita income in Puerto Rico is much lower than the average per-capita income on the mainland, more Puerto Rico residents pay income taxes to the local taxation authority than if the IRS code were applied to the island. Residents are eligible for Social Security benefits upon retirement. But Puerto Rico is excluded from Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and receives less than 15% of the Medicaid funding it would be allotted as a state, while Medicare providers receive only partial state-like reimbursements for services rendered to beneficiaries in Puerto Rico (even though the latter paid fully into the system).
Puerto Ricans may enlist in the U.S. military. Since becoming statutory United States citizens in 1917, Puerto Ricans have been included in the compulsory draft whenever it has been in effect. Puerto Ricans have participated in all U.S. wars since 1898, most notably World War II, the Korean and Vietnam wars, as well as the current Middle Eastern conflicts.
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