They receive a lot of benefits as a territory. And whether the Hispanic media portrays it or not, they are a very impoverished community. Them declaring independence is never gonna happen.
There’s at least two possible outcomes when someone(s) receives aid:
They use it as a stepping stone towards becoming independent, and it’s temporary
They feel entitled to it and become habituated towards receiving aid and it cements their dependence
Same problem with food stamps, etc. some people use it as a hand-out, some people use it as a hand-up. You can’t really help one group without helping the other, unfortunately.
They receive a lot of benefits as a territory. And whether the Hispanic media portrays it or not, they are a very impoverished community. Them declaring independence is never gonna happen.
What’s the point on those “benefits” is they are very impoverished.
Arguably we should remove the quotes so they get actual benefits. PR deserves better from us
You can see how thriving its neighbors are without receiving those “benefits”.
There’s at least two possible outcomes when someone(s) receives aid:
Same problem with food stamps, etc. some people use it as a hand-out, some people use it as a hand-up. You can’t really help one group without helping the other, unfortunately.