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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I usually don't like Chaffetz, but totally agree with him here.  I've seen how palliative care doctors can pressure even the most schooled and confident patients and families.  How many of the poor and most vulnerable will feel pressure to 'move along' and not be a burden to their families and others?  [/quote]

Not the point. DC should be able to pass our own laws. You may disagree with them but they're passed by the elected officials that DC residents voted for.[/quote]

For all of the talk of voting rights and democracy in DC, the city isn't very democratic.  There are no run-off elections.  That means that in a multi-candidate Democratic primary, one candidate can effectively get elected to the Council with say 16 or 17% of the vote.  Once they have the Democratic nomination, they're as good as elected.  Then all it takes is 7 people, several of whom got elected in this way, to effectuate far-reaching social change.  There is no two-party systems, no bicameral legislature, only a small council with members who can hold near-full time outside employment are don't care much about conflicts of interest.  [/quote]

...which is all still more representational of the people who live in DC than Jason Chaffetz and other members of congress who do not represent DC deciding what should and should not be the law in DC. It's not a perfect system, but these are two separate conversations.[/quote]

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