Anyone think we might be better off without Home Rule in DC?

[Anonymous]

Asking for a friend.

[Anonymous]

No. DC should become a state. It has more people than several states.

[Anonymous]

Your question is whether a majority minority city should be denied democracy?

Typing with a hood on must be difficult.

[Anonymous]

Only two states. But I agree it should be a state.

[Anonymous]

So people like Jason Chaffetz could have even more of a say over 693,000 people?

Give me a break.

[Anonymous]

No

[Anonymous]

No. I think we should have our full rights as citizens.

[Anonymous]

Nope. I love it - D.C. makes laws like a city (nimbly and efficiently) but acts and has the funding of an entire state.

Congress barely uses the Home Rule law but funds the city extensively through federal initiatives. For the Covid emergency funding we got $500 million. No other city can say that.

No other city/state also has:

- Paid Leave
- Free Pre-K
- Collections Debt expiration after 3 years
- Free daily Covid-19 tests - 2 per person
- Extraordinary funding for SNAP and Food Stamps
- College Tuition Grants to match Out of State costs
- First Time Homebuyer $10K credits
- Separate Healthcare/ACA Portal Benefits
- 3 Years of Mortgage and/or Renter Protections
- Free Public Transportation for Children
- Maternity Leave UBI for New Mothers (Pilot)

[Anonymous]

Nobody is forced to live in D.C. You made a choice to live in the District. If you want to live in a state with Congressional voting representation, move a few miles in any direction to Maryland or Virginia. No one will stop you.

[Anonymous]

No. Status quo or full representation.

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:Nobody is forced to live in D.C. You made a choice to live in the District. If you want to live in a state with Congressional voting representation, move a few miles in any direction to Maryland or Virginia. No one will stop you.

All Americans -- whether they have Congressional representation or not and regardless of which state in which they live -- should support DC statehood if they believe in no taxation without representation. You either support that fundamental American value or you don't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nope. I love it - D.C. makes laws like a city (nimbly and efficiently) but acts and has the funding of an entire state.

Congress barely uses the Home Rule law but funds the city extensively through federal initiatives. For the Covid emergency funding we got $500 million. No other city can say that.

No other city/state also has:

- Paid Leave
- Free Pre-K
- Collections Debt expiration after 3 years
- Free daily Covid-19 tests - 2 per person
- Extraordinary funding for SNAP and Food Stamps
- College Tuition Grants to match Out of State costs
- First Time Homebuyer $10K credits
- Separate Healthcare/ACA Portal Benefits
- 3 Years of Mortgage and/or Renter Protections
- Free Public Transportation for Children
- Maternity Leave UBI for New Mothers (Pilot)

The current version of TAG does not match out of state costs.

[Anonymous]

Wow the city you describe sounds like paradise. So what went wrong?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nope. I love it - D.C. makes laws like a city (nimbly and efficiently) but acts and has the funding of an entire state.

Congress barely uses the Home Rule law but funds the city extensively through federal initiatives. For the Covid emergency funding we got $500 million. No other city can say that.

No other city/state also has:

- Paid Leave
- Free Pre-K
- Collections Debt expiration after 3 years
- Free daily Covid-19 tests - 2 per person
- Extraordinary funding for SNAP and Food Stamps
- College Tuition Grants to match Out of State costs
- First Time Homebuyer $10K credits
- Separate Healthcare/ACA Portal Benefits
- 3 Years of Mortgage and/or Renter Protections
- Free Public Transportation for Children
- Maternity Leave UBI for New Mothers (Pilot)

The current version of TAG does not match out of state costs.

It's not even close. DC students are at a huge disadvantage with no real in state system besides UDC.

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:Wow the city you describe sounds like paradise. So what went wrong?

One thing that has gone wrong is Congressional interference. The pandemic has exasperated a number of issues, as it has elsewhere. But, DC is a generally great place to live. Not a lot has gone wrong.