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If everyone votes to change the status and the majority decides that we are changing, then there is no reason to expect the US Government will not approve it!
The question though is if it is changed can Guam come up with their own laws and or follow them?
I really believe that with the Legislative skill we have now that things will change for the worst!
Minimum wage will go back to $2.35 per hour!
Almost no one follows any law now, why would things be better? Why change for the worst now?
I just pray that that we can finally make up our minds, so that we can move on for our future!
Commonwealth should also be an option. Commonwealth of the Mariana Islands
FACE IT. The Chamorro language is dying because it obviously isn't a language of trade, business, government, or even used at home. And those who best communicate in Chamorro are nearly dead anyway. Modern Guamanian culture has more in common with the Kardashians than what anyone saw at Festpac (because I'm sure the ancient Chamorros wore black T-shirts and fishnet tops).
Independence (or free association, which is just independence with a treaty between Guam and the U.S.) won't turn back time. No one in Guam wants to live without American food, Netflix, and Social Security because we are deep down more American than anything we invent as local "culture".
Voters for independence must realize that their choice will also shred safety nets and benefits for many others and themselves, like Medicare and, surely, a federally-mandated minimum wage, and that American citizenship grants us visa-free travel to nearly every country on earth. Think about that the next time your Filipino travel buddy holds you back at the Narita Airport in Japan for hours on end just because she forgot to apply for a visa back home.
I find it very difficult to understand how some people could support independence from the United States while ranting about the corruption and nepotism within Guam's local government. Thankfully, there is a Federal Government to hold locally-elected officials accountable. Imagine how much worse these problems would be once we give Guam's politicians full control?
Education and Faith: To know that the US actually agreed in principle to let us pursue a well informed decolonization process and the faith to believe that we can not only survive but thrive under independence.
We will eventually get a better status than just unincoporated territory. Our leaders are discussing the issues more than before . We must continue to ask them to work on this .
We will eventually get a better status than just unincoporated territory. Our leaders are discussing the issues more than before . We must continue to ask them to work on this .
We will eventually get a better status than just unincoporated territory. Our leaders are discussing the issues more than before . We must continue to ask them to work on this .