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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]In 2021, the government and government enterprises industry added the most real value to the gross domestic product (GDP) of the District of Columbia, amounting to around 41.93 billion U.S. dollars. Comparatively, the manufacturing industry contributed around 281 million U.S. dollars to the districts real GDP.

I am assuming that of you want to be a state you don’t get to keep the entire government and government enterprises.

From there I’m looking at the 2 states comparable by population (you said, we can support ourselves just like these similar states).  Well their GDP is 5-6x less but they in fact have something to produce. We not so much. So we’d have to find other ways to attract the producers.

It’s nuts to me to demand statehood first and then we’ll figure if out. [/quote]

Are you just trolling now? Surely your expectation that our GDP would drop by 5x just on the basis of population is not meant to be serious. I really don't know where to start with your analysis. First, the plan for statehood envisions a Federal District. The Congress and Whitehouse are not going anywhere. Whether government departments stay in the area is really unrelated to statehood. There is an effort to move them elsewhere already. Don't you remember that Trump moved the USDA?

DC's most valuable asset is its highly educated population. Our GDP is high because of our demographics. Those folks are not going to suffer 80% income reductions because we become a state. [/quote]

No. Happy to not say anything more. I genuinely am flummoxed that there is no content behind either the case for or the case against. [/quote]

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