News88 Blog Of The Day 05/11/2005: Part 3 Of 7 Paragraph Essay: PUERTO RICO

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Please refer back to the blog of the day for 03/05/2005. Saturday, March 05, 2005 for your information, for more information.

Yesterdays blog: Part 2 Of 7 Paragraph Essay: PUERTO RICO.
Todays blog: Part 3 Of 7 Paragraph Essay: PUERTO RICO.
Tomorrows blog: Part 4 Of 7 Paragraph Essay: PUERTO RICO.

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Under the Commonwealth formula, residents of Puerto Rico lack voting representation in Congress and do not participate in presidential elections. As U.S. citizens, Puerto Ricans are subject to military service and most federal laws. Residents of the Commonwealth pay no federal income tax on locally generated earnings, but Puerto Rico government income-tax rates are set at a level that closely parallels federal-plus-state levies on the mainland.

TO BE CONTINUED..........................

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P.S.S. Source of this article: Time Almanac 2005. Puerto Rico has already been covered with the link to Politics1 Puerto Rico page, Congress.org PR links on their states map, and also Wikipedia. Please check my past archives for more. Sorry, and Thanks!