Mar 14, 2021
Shabazz999was the argument not that britain had no right to tax the 13 colonies if they had no representation in parliament?
and ok, a capital only serves to be a capital...what's stopping an enclave of the capitol, scotus, white house, national mall, etc from being a functional capital of the country? the federal government and the local government of DC already operate separately.
and lobbyists still live in virginia and maryland and all across the country, dissolving DC into maryland wouldn't lessen the influence of lobbyists so long as money in politics still exist. that argument isn't making sense to me, seems like the only reason you opposs DC statehood is because the city is heavily democratic.
It was more about the fact that the colonists had no representation period, while suffering from all the rules and regulations of Britain. DC does not face the same issues. DC residents have representation. They vote every 4 years for president. No taxation without representation isn't about direct representation. Even if it was, I'm not a fan of direct democracy.
This would be more valid if 5 of the wealthiest districts in the country didn't exist in DC, if DC didn't have the largest concentration of lawyers and lobbyists in the country, and if DC was affected by legislation the same way other cities and states are.
Virginia and Maryland where DC resides so it makes sense why lobbyists live there. If the capital was LA, those same lobbyists wouldn't be there. There's more in DC than anywhere else for a reason which is a problem. Obviously there are lobbyists everywhere given the fact that there are multiple forms of government in the U.S. because of federalism and local governance.
Uhh, no. That's false. People itt said PR would be a republican state if it got statehood and I still denied giving PR statehood. The same goes for DC. It isn't just about the politics. It's about the corruption and the fact that a capital shouldn't just arbitrarily be granted statehood because the people there want it.
Mar 14, 2021Wont happen in our life time imo. Or at least not until every single baby boomer who’s in Congress dies off.
Mar 14, 2021But 50 is a nice round number