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[quote=Anonymous]I agree that DC’s lack of statehood is problematic, and I don’t know what the answer is. It might help DC to be annexed by Maryland or Virginia, but as a Marylander, I really don’t think we want it, and I can’t imagine Virginia wants it either.

Meanwhile, while the issue of DC statehood is discussed frequently, however fruitlessly, I don’t hear discussion about the status of our US territories. I think much of the US doesn’t even know it has territories, which also causes problems. I think that’s one of the reasons Puerto Rico had trouble getting hurricane relief.  American Samoans don’t even have citizenship status.

I think we need to resolve the status of DC and the territories. While DC as out capital can’t be independent, maybe we should ask our territories if they want to be independent of become a fully acknowledged part of the US. Once we know who wants to stay with us, we need to see if they want to be individual states or if it makes sense to form some combination, possibly with DC.  (Ideally these determinations would be made without looking at the partisan leanings of each area, but I recognize that asking Congress to do anything without manipulating it for political gain is a naive pipe dream.)[/quote]

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