Urgent: Democrats rushing through Puerto Rico power grab

Quietly sailing through the House this week is yet another piece of partisan stealth legislation aimed at manufacturing more Democrat power at the expense of the American people, the economy and the country.

This time, it's the Puerto Rico Democracy Act (H.R. 2499). It would force Puerto Rico to vote on U.S. statehood and is designed to stack the deck in favor of statehood, going even as far as to require the territory to vote every eight years until statehood is accepted.

Not only is Puerto Rico already a fully-functioning democracy, but it has also repeatedly rejected attempts to turn it into a U.S. state, for decades.

But still, desperate to create new Democrat voters and elected officials, the left is now aggressively setting the stage for the creation of a 51st state.

Due to its dense population of poverty-stricken minorities, Puerto Rico can be counted on to vote overwhelmingly for Democrats and all their handouts, and their representation will also consequently outnumber that of 25 other existing U.S. states.

Meanwhile, with Puerto Ricans having an average income of less than half that of our poorest state, they will instantly become eligible for dozens of our welfare programs. Truckloads of taxpayer dollars will also have to be perpetually dumped into the territory, by federal law, to bring it up to American infrastructure and environmental standards.

This will also force the U.S. to become a bi-lingual country overnight, which will produce a whole new set of problems.

April 27, 1:04 PM  - Conservative Examiner -Robert Moon

URGENT: NO on HR2499: Puerto Rico Democracy Act of 2009

I hope you can help me.  I just sent this email to the staffers of the conservative Repulican Senators who are misguidedly co-sponsoring HR 2499. We need them to VOTE NO on this bill.

You can help by doing these 4 simple things:

1) clicking "forward",

2) read/edit this message to your liking and type your name at the end of it,

3) cut and paste the staffer's email addresses (directly below) onto the "To:" line,

4) delete what I've written here, delete the staffer's email addresses below, and Send.

These Senators need to hear from hundreds of people, so I hope you will help.  Also please pass this email onto anyone you think will help too.

Thanks!

terry.carmack@mail.house.gov; Anthony.hulen@mail.house.gov; mark.walker@mail.house.gov; james.quinn@mail.house.gov; Patrick.lyden@mail.house.gov; dana.gartzke@mail.house.gov; jean.hinz@mail.house.gov; peter.tateishi@mail.house.gov; Francis.gibbs@mail.house.gov; brian.thomas@mail.house.gov; lauren.ellis@mail.house.gov; scott.parker@mail.house.gov; chris.berardini@mail.house.gov; dave.karvelas@mail.house.gov; jim.brandell@mail.house.gov; john.walker@mail.house.gov; Richard.hudson@mail.house.gov; tony.essalih@mail.house.gov; matthew.specht@mail.house.gov; randy.kutz@mail.house.gov; dee.buchanan@mail.house.gov; dale.neugebauer@mail.house.gov; greg.hill@mail.house.gov; Andrew.anuzis@mail.house.gov; bob.cochran@mail.house.gov; bill.smith@mail.house.gov; janet.diaz-brown@mail.house.gov; t.wybensinger@mail.house.gov; steven.shearer@mail.house.gov; mary.springer@mail.house.gov; Jeremy.deutsch@mail.house.gov; Kristin.thompson@mail.house.gov; Jordan.clark@mail.house.gov; eli.hardin@mail.house.gov; eric.dell@mail.house.gov

Good Evening:

Can you explain why your boss is co-sponsoring H.R. 2499?

Perhaps your boss isn't aware of the ramifications of this bill; please inform your boss of the following immediately:

• Puerto Rico is already a democracy.  Despite the bill's deceptive title, Puerto Rico already has an elected government and exists as a self-governed commonwealth of the U.S.
• Statehood would give Puerto Rico more congressional representation than 25 of our 50 states!  It would inevitably give Democrats two additional U.S. Senators and 6 to 8 additional Members of the House.
• The U.S. would transform, overnight, into a bilingual nation.  At least half of Puerto Ricans do not speak English, the language of our U.S. Constitution and founding documents.  The Washington Times article, "Puerto Rican statehood," analyzes all the implications of adding a foreign language-speaking state to the Union.
• It would bring immediate demands for massive federal spending.  The average income of Puerto Ricans is less than half that of our poorest state, and infrastructure and the environment are far below American standards.  Puerto Rico has a population with a median national income of $17,741, nearly a third below that for the U.S.

H.R. 2499 is stealth legislation designed to lead to the admission of Puerto Rico as the 51^st state, costing MONEY WE DO NOT HAVE and, therefore, placing undue financial hardship on American citizens.  The U.S. Congress should not be forcing Puerto Ricans to vote on statehood, especially since the Puerto Rican people have rejected statehood three times since 1991!

Any Member of Congress who describes him/herself as a limited government, fiscal conservative should be casting a NO vote for H.R. 2499, as Puerto Rican statehood would cause an immediate increase in federal expenditures, particularly for taxpayer-funded welfare state services.

Do not override the wishes of Americans and Puerto Ricans who want to maintain the current commonwealth status of Puerto Rico by forcing a vote on rigged referenda! 

I fully expect your boss to remove his/her name as a Co-Sponsor of this bill, and to VOTE NO on H.R. 2499!

Respectfully,