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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]This is such a bullshit argument. Nobody is forced to live in DC, and you can move to an area where you can vote by going maybe a couple miles down the road. The idea that the people who voluntarily live here (with full knowledge of the voting issue) are being done some grave injustice is just laughable.[/quote]

The grave injustice is that the people who live here without voting rights are paying more federal income taxes on a per capita basis than every jurisdiction in the US except Connecticut.  Either give me two senators (like Wyoming and Vermont---both of whom with fewer people than the District) or else abolish federal income tax for DC residents. [/quote]
LOL. DC also received - by far and not even close - more Federal transfers than any jurisdiction. On top of that, DC barely bothers to find higher education and here again receives a significant and unique Federal transfer.

I actually would love for DC to be a state and compete for resources like every other state, rather than constantly have its hand to Congress like some panhandler. I can guarantee that ya’ll ain’t gonna like it. [/quote]

To piggyback on that, I am for statehood IF the Federal government spreads as many DC-based Federal employees as possible out to other states (and not to ones that are named Maryland or Virginia) Give some of the other parts of the country a shot at having stable, decently paid jobs with great benefits.

Once that is done, and a smaller Federal District is carved out for the Capitol, monuments, White House, etc., DC will be more than deserving of statehood. With fewer Federal jobs available in the new Stare of Washington, Douglass Commonwealth, the new state will have a chance to focus on new industries.

Further, the shock of many (not all!) Federal employees transferring will have an effect on housing prices. This could be an opportunity to bring affordability to the State of Washington, Douglass Commonwealth. Results would include a chance for people priced out to now be able to buy a home here, or to move back downtown.

Also, lower commercial and residential rents and sales prices may finally spark the creation of a permanent creative class (something the District has been lacking)[/quote]

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