u.s. territories

[jick.cejoco]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CesHr99ezWE

[donbuggy]

Interesting. I've always wondered whether the Philippines would have been better off as a US Territory. We'd have less rights but we won't have a China-in-our-backyard problem and we won't have an armed insurgent problem. I don't know about the economy (third world or US Territory).

[yebo]

if the philippines was made the 51st state filipinos in the islands would already be in the minority. almost everyone would have gone to the US "mainland" already and majority of the people in the "PI" would be whites who moved here. the other half of the population will be a mix of ethnic pinoys, chinese, vietnamese, cambodians, indians, burmese, etc etc, the "PI" thus becoming a hot bed of illegal immigration to the US because the PI is US. half the US navy would be of pinoy descent. the catholic church would not be as powerful, even almost insignificant. yes, we won't have a problem with china's nine dash line. no npa's either, they would have been wiped out decades ago. US made cars will not cost so much. we'd have a hundred malampayas in the west philippine sea because there will be a hundred oil wells drilled every year in palawan alone (instead of the present 2 or 1 or none). wind farms will be all over. we'd be exporting marijuana to the US legally disguised as medical marijuana. there will be freeways from aparri to zamboanga, no tolls to pay.

downside:
we will still have a problem with the muslims. we'd be prime targets for isis, ji, etc. there maybe no mnlf/milf/biff/asg but there would be in some other name.
no jollibee, no mang inasal, no baliwag lechon.
no sm either, but that may not be so bad.

[vinj]

Perhaps we'd be something like Guam?

Magkaka-snow na rin tayo. :rofl:

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Perhaps we'd be something like Guam?

Magkaka-snow na rin tayo. :rofl:

[jasonub]

Nope the milf etc would be wiped out. No where to hide in a jungle without caves. Any armed men lurking will be targeted. Day or night until they are decimated.

[jick.cejoco]

The Philippines was at one time a commonwealth of the U.S. They should have left it that way. Look at Saipan, a commonwealth, they still control their immigration and yet get aid (food stamps, welfare, social security, citizenship and of course the protection of Uncle Sam. Even the schools are run, supplied, supported by the U.S. with school buses too just like the states

[Gerbo]

During Quezon's time the slogan ".....its better to have a Philippines run like hell by Filipinos..." was applauded.

Would contemporary Filipinos currently "living like hell" agree?

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During Quezon's time the slogan ".....its better to have a Philippines run like hell by Filipinos..." was applauded.

Would contemporary Filipinos currently "living like hell" agree?

[suvfanatic]

We'll be better off. Only a small percentage will be living below the poverty line. Majority of us will belong to the middle class. Most would be able to buy houses and cars and send their children to good schools. The Philippines will probably be more like Guam or Hawaii.

[funkeemunkee]

During Quezon's time the slogan ".....its better to have a Philippines run like hell by Filipinos..." was applauded.

Would contemporary Filipinos currently "living like?

Quezon got his wish.

[b_9904]

We are better off as a separate state. Lahat ng nagiisip na better off tayo as a US state doesn't understand the dynamics the US. Can you imagine working to feed the illegal immigrants?

[b_9904]

How about bailing the oligarchs?

[b_9904]

Or race wars?

[b_9904]

The list goes on.

[_Cathy_]

I want a US passport so I don't have to deal with visas as much as owning a Philippine passport

[b_9904]

I want a US passport so I don't have to deal with visas as much as owning a Philippine passport

I doubt we would be a State. More like somewhere along the lines of American Samoan or Puerto Rico.

[frenchtower]

2nd ammendment.. Nuf said

[machine.pistol]

From the start, the Americans did not want us to be an incorporated territory/state. One case that originated in the Philippines during the U.S. occupation eventually ended up in the US Supreme Court. The issue was whether the jury system was applicable to cases being heard before Philippine courts. The US SC said "not."

[donbuggy]

2nd ammendment.. Nuf said

The right to arm bears.

[kisshmet]

If we are to become a state of the united states of america the US congress will have to vote first to change their countrys name to united states of america & asia..god bless USAA

[safeorigin]

If we were part of America:

-we will have the world's largest debt
-no more t0rrents because of rabid RIAA
-no more privacy because of NSA
-more people will be in prison because of practically victimless crimes
-farmers vs. Monsanto
-bail outs for banking cartels
-credit cards everywhere!
-squatters on food stamps