Haiti-the 51st state?

As the news from Haiti continues to distress all,the BBC's Robin Lustig has an interesting idea.

might the people of Haiti be a lot better off if they signed up as soon as possible to become the 51st state of the USA?
It's not entirely a rhetorical question. Slightly over-stated, perhaps, but not entirely rhetorical. For one thing, if Time magazine is right, it's already happened: "Haiti, for all intents and purposes, became the 51st state at 4:53 p.m. Tuesday in the wake of its deadly earthquake."
It's the poorest nation in the Western hemisphere, with a recent history of decades of maladministration, violence, corruption and grinding poverty. Then came the earthquake.
What little Haiti had is now gone. And that includes its government