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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m super liberal but if offered a tax haven status I’d give up Home Rule in a second. Would hope clean streets and corruptless government would be part of the package.  [/quote]

Taxation without representation.  
This is what the original Boston Tea Party was all about.

Pick one.  Either give us representation or waive federal taxes for us.
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Sorta? I mean there was no taxation because the labor was free. So, representation for free labor?

[b]Really, the federal district ideally should have only a handful of residents, and be reduced in area to encompass the buildings around that National Mall.[/b] The rest should return to MD.[/quote]
That’s the idea except for the last part. DC doesn’t want to join Maryland and Maryland doesn’t want it, so it’s not a solution.[/quote]

It very much is a solution. If that’s what it would take for the states to give the people in DC representation, then that’s what it will take. The people there either want representation, or they don’t. [/quote]

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