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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They’ll foam at the mouth but guess how they’ll vote in the privacy of the voter booth.

Has anyone ever laid out pros and cons of DC statehood? As a state, [b]wouldn’t other states insist on the Federal institutions moving there [/b]and spreading that fed $? The only thing that reasonably would need to stay here for a while is the State Department (but to be honest, most Embassies would love to move to NYC anyway or did before the pandemic; they all already have consulates and UN missions there). What would happen to the city and its property values?

How quickly would DC risk becoming a failed state? Who would pay for the state service? How would we rebuild and find the judicial system (currently it’s federal)?

If people were smart, they’d insist on no taxation but formalizing the representation. There’s no law that says these two are linked.

This is a small city and it’s clear to me that the DC Council is not a serious governing body. It’s too unprofessional and without seemingly any ability to consider economic aspects of sound city management.

This is like Brexit to me. People yelled and screamed and had no idea what they voted for and regretted it ever since. The only fair thing to do is lay out the scenarios, educate the public and put not just statehood yes/no but also tax yes/no etc on the ballot again.[/quote]

Most federal workers are not in DC, just basically the HQ of each agency. And even then, many are in VA and MD. So that is already a thing.[/quote]

I have a hard time imagining that the shrunk federal district with no loss and consequences will work out. [/quote]

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