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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I live in DC and oppose Statehood because the city is the siege of the Federal gvt. If you think that the gvt is corrupted now, wait until a senator from DC gets his/her pet projects funded.. 
[b]I would favor giving the DC citizen the choice to vote either in Virginia or Maryland OR not paying Federal taxes (taxation without representation). [/b]
I bet everyone would chose no taxes ... which would mean a town attracting LOTS of people/companies/.. .. which would mean LOTS of revenues (for the city). 
Win-win-win...
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I like both of these. [/quote]

See above. If Maryland doesn’t want DC’s voters, why on Earth would Virginia want to risk 374k Democrats in its elections? How would these voters vote in statewide elections in VA but local elections in DC? To what congressional district in VA or MD would the voters be assigned if they didn’t actually live there?

If it’s supposedly unconstitutional to make DC a state, how would this bizarre menu of “solutions” be constitutional?[/quote]

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