Should Washington DC be granted statehood?
Posted by: imabenchAll of its laws are subjected directly to Congress, making the Capital of the US ironically the one place in the continental US that has taxation without representation
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Funny, this came up the other day with a user who I will not name. He said the reason we should destroy social security was because it was "taxation without representation". After gathering the shatters of my brain, I thought, there ARE a handful (~600k) Americans that CAN say this.
I would love to hear from a no vote. I for the life of me cant understand the justification for this.
Well it just dosn't make any sense to make it a state. Now yeah there are some benefits, but in my eyes it dosn't really need statehood. Also in my opinion it is way to small to be a state. I would rather have gurm, or purto rico become states.
Well, as noted above, it has a larger population than two other states currently in the union. The other obvious issue is, they are the only Americans without representation in congress. That is a big issue.
Just looked it up, Beats Guam's population by several times.
We shouldnt make it a state cause 50 states sounds better than 51
Um, yeah but can't it just be part of maryland, or virgania? I mean it is just way to small to be a state. Also you are say washington dc witch is a city. So that state would have one city, and thata it. I am sorry but it is just dumb to make that small area a state. It should instead be counted as maryland, or virgania when it comes to voteing.
Those are not solutions without merit. The only point I would belabor would be "size". Again, it is not that small, and hence, this is not a trivial mater.
Um...I guess, but I am more undersized. But lets face it, it will not happen.
Its no more a long-shot than Guam. Well, I would get it much better chance than Guam.
Stargate you realize that guam is only three times the size of DC right? To say DC is too small to be a state but then believe Guam should be a state is completely hypocritical
The only argument that I can think of to why DC should not be a state would be that the constitution does say that the Capital will be its own district under the direct control of congress.
Uf DC is a state, Then Guam shoyld be as well to coubter-act a denocrat advantige.
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