Federal Tax Exemption for DC Residents?

[Anonymous]

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/local-opinions/2010/10/a_gop_house_could_be_good_for.html?wprss=local-opinions

DC residents have been asking for no taxation without representation. This proposal suggests, rather than going the DC Vote route, that the feds simply exempt DC residents from paying federal taxes.

Thoughts?

[Anonymous]

You'd think the Tea Party would be in favor of this, right? That was the whole point

As a DC homeowner, I'd be thrilled - my house would triple? quadruple? quintuple? in value - I'd be able to retire and live in style.

Forgive me if I don't hold my breath.

[Anonymous]

When you moved to DC you were well aware that you would have no voting representative in Congress or the Senate. Deal with it. Or move.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When you moved to DC you were well aware that you would have no voting representative in Congress or the Senate. Deal with it. Or move.

Hi Virginia (or Maryland) resident on a DC Urban website. Why don't you find a VA or MD website?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When you moved to DC you were well aware that you would have no voting representative in Congress or the Senate. Deal with it. Or move.

So were the colonists when they gave King George the finger. I guess you'd have us waving the British flag, eh Benedict?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When you moved to DC you were well aware that you would have no voting representative in Congress or the Senate. Deal with it. Or move.

This is a pretty shitty argument. I moved. But that doesn't make it right. It is incredibly unfair that half a million citizens are disenfranchised based on where they live.

[Anonymous]

The rule was made a long time ago. People have known for hundreds of years what the Federal district is for. Don't act as if people haven't had tens of generations to move to Maryland or Virginia.

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:When you moved to DC you were well aware that you would have no voting representative in Congress or the Senate. Deal with it. Or move.

When women weren't allowed to vote, I guess men shouldn't have cared. To the contrary, they should have told the women to get sex changes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When you moved to DC you were well aware that you would have no voting representative in Congress or the Senate. Deal with it. Or move.

Right. Just as those who moved to DC knew that they'd be banned from owning handguns.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When you moved to DC you were well aware that you would have no voting representative in Congress or the Senate. Deal with it. Or move.

Right. Just as those who moved to DC knew that they'd be banned from owning handguns.

Apples and oranges. And we're not buying. Plus with the Republican takeover in 2 weeks this is a moot point. Fix your DYRS and maybe we can talk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The rule was made a long time ago. People have known for hundreds of years what the Federal district is for. Don't act as if people haven't had tens of generations to move to Maryland or Virginia.

Maybe you're new to how this country works, but rules (we call them "laws") were made to be changed and updated as time moved on.

And yes, I'm talking to you as if you're an idiot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When you moved to DC you were well aware that you would have no voting representative in Congress or the Senate. Deal with it. Or move.

Right. Just as those who moved to DC knew that they'd be banned from owning handguns.

Apples and oranges. And we're not buying. Plus with the Republican takeover in 2 weeks this is a moot point. Fix your DYRS and maybe we can talk.

Excellent. Now we're talking. So apparently you're one of the brain-dead faux-libertarians who believe in inalienable rights to handguns and nothing else. Good to know where you're coming from. For those of us who actually believe in the Constitution and love our country, the idea of "taxation without representation" carries equal if not greater weight.

And what Republican takeover are you talking about, BTW? Do you mean the cyclical flip-flop of the House that happens at the beginning of every Presidential term? Or the vanishingly small possibility that the GOP will take over an evenly divided Senate.

Congratulations! You guys may get the keys to a car that has no gas, four flat tires, and a dead battery.

[jsteele]

Actually, now that I've thought about this, maybe the previous poster is correct. All DC residents should move to Virginia. We can help elect liberal Democrats to state-wide offices, pass laws banning guns, legalizing gay marriage, and replacing every statue of a Confederate general with a monument to Mildred and Richard Loving. If the current residents complain, we can just tell them that if they don't like people exercising their right to vote, they should move to DC.

[Anonymous]

If half move to MD and half to VA, we can probably ensure the presidential electoral votes go to Dems for the indefinite future.

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:Actually, now that I've thought about this, maybe the previous poster is correct. All DC residents should move to Virginia. We can help elect liberal Democrats to state-wide offices, pass laws banning guns, legalizing gay marriage, and replacing every statue of a Confederate general with a monument to Mildred and Richard Loving. If the current residents complain, we can just tell them that if they don't like people exercising their right to vote, they should move to DC.

Chapeau...