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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Other than not liking the way DC residents might vote? What could be the arguments against?[/quote]

The city is already extremely over-represented in Congress, the vast majority of members of which live here for months on end.

If voting rights was really the issue, anyone living in DC has the option, by a $4.00 Metro ride, to move to MD or VA.  I've lived in all three (DC, VA and MD) -- not a big deal -- and voting rights was never a consideration. Red herring. [/quote]

Right - cause I can call Moscow Mitch to assist with my veterans claims issues. Sorry that you take civics so lightly, guessing it’s your white male privilege? [/quote]

Leaving aside your odd race and gender assumptions, you think DC should get two senators and a representative to take care of your veteran’s claim issues?  Each senate office costs about $4 million, so figure $10 million total (4+4+2).  Why don’t we just send you a bigger check so we can all save on taxes?  [/quote]

Not so odd, actually.  :roll:

Why does Vermont get two senators and congressman? As you obviously don’t know (or care), half of the children in DC live in poverty. You can pretend that this not a consequence or lack of congressional representative, but assuming you have a conscience, but do you think Moscow Mitch devotes two seconds of his day thinking about them. His children who incidentally are DC statehood activists, think he was a shitty parent to them.  :wink: [/quote]

The per capita GDP of DC ($160k) is (much) more than twice that of the wealthiest US state (Massachusetts, by per capita GDP, $60k) and 4x higher than your example of Vermont and of Mitch’s Kentucky (each at $40k).  No doubt your heart is in the right place, but the facts are against you.

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No, actually the CHILD poverty rates are facts that support the need for statehood. What a two, white-male household with no kids in Dupont makes does not negate the reality of poverty for many children in DC. But they are largely not white, so, I get that for you they are non-entities. [/quote]

Congressional representation is not a factor.  Mississippi has the highest child poverty rate in the country, yet has two senators and four representatives.   In terms of American cities (a better comparison, since of course DC is merely a city, not a state), DC doesn’t break the top 25.  Detroit’s child poverty rate is twice Washington’s. Fresno, Stockton, LA and Sacramento all have higher rates than DC, yet California has two senators and 53 representatives.  “Non-entities”?  Shameless. [/quote]

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