Shit. I didn't know about the whole depression thing. That's pretty fuxked up. But . . . Isn't his the whole reason they want to become a state? So they can have lawmakers in U.S. congress? Cause I could have sworn they voted on something to that effect in 2012. Edit: That was also a really good article. Thanks for sharing that.Puerto Rico’s citizens are essentially disenfranchised as far as the federal government’s concerned: They don’t have voting representation in Congress, and they can’t vote in the presidential election. So Congress had no incentive to pay attention to them. But because they’re still citizens, it’s easy for Puerto Ricans to “emigrate” to the mainland US — where they can immediately register to vote, and where their votes really do count.