A desperate solution for a failed country - What are the pros and cons for Haiti becoming the 51st US state?

Last night on CNN International there was a very interesting interview with a survivor from Haiti. If I remember correctly, this is what he said: “We can’t get this country to work. For more than 200 years our country has not worked. There’s only one solution. Haiti should become part of the United States. We should have a referendum and I’m sure the vast majority of people wants the US to be our new country. It’s the only way for the large-scale investments by the international community to work in the long run. And we are so close to the US. It’s in their interest. It’s in our interest.”

What is your opinion about this (radical) suggestion? What are the pros and cons?

Haiti ranks number 12 in the list of failed countries:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Failed_States_Index