04-24-2021, 10:14 PM
RgrF wrote:
Wouldn't establishing Samoa as a US state smack of imperialism? Thought those days were over.
Guam has a greater claim on statehood based on a population four times that of American Samoa. At 48000, American Samoa is only the size of a small city. Even the US Virgin Islands is twice the size of American Samoa.
While Puerto Rico should be given statehood once it's house is in order, I personally think Washington should be incorporated into Maryland, with the addition of representatives. That gives the residents representation without altering the Senate.