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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They really should just get rid of DC TAG and all the funding brinksmanship and just give DC kids in-state tuition at any public university in the US. Those universities already get a HUGE amount of federal funding and subsidies in research dollars, Pell grants, student loans, plus their IRS non-profit status that absolves them from paying federal taxes on their income. [/quote]

Sure, but what's the incentive for anyone except D.C. residents to want to do this? The federal government won't want to pay more than TAG costs; other states won't particularly want to just give discounted tuition to out-of-state D.C. kids. It's a good idea with absolutely no prayer of finding a political coalition to support it.[/quote]

If people had to give up in-state tuition anywhere for statehood, many people would opt for in-state tuition. That is a reason it might get some support outside of DC.[/quote]

D.C. isn't likely to get either statehood or in-state tuition in other states, there is just no reason anyone who doesn't live in D.C. would be in favor of this proposal.[/quote]

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