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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No.  DC should become a state.  It has more people than several states.[/quote]

And we pay more in federal taxes than the bottom 22 states.  TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION.  We should be a state and have a say.  Either that or you can waive federal tax and repay me a whole heap of wrongfully collected taxes.[/quote]

No, you pay the same tax rates. DC is just wealthier than other states so total collections are higher. You also receive more federal benefits—higher Medicaid match, TAG, and judiciary. This is not the strongest argument.

If you want the GOP on board, highlight savings to federal government from DC assuming the cost of those programs.[/quote]

Yes, we have higher income because there are for example more advanced degrees per capita than there are in those bottom 22 states.  DC is full of hard working professionals, entrepreneurs, world-renowned experts.  DC has a high cost of living, which in turn needs to be met with appropriate wages.  You want to blame things like Medicaid yet that's not entirely valid, DC medicaid is on par with red states like Alaska and South Dakota but at least we more than pay for ours, as opposed to the 22 states who pay less per capita but who also take much in terms of federal dollars.  Most of those 22 are red states.

Your argument isn't a strong one.  The GOP needs to get itself on board with REALITY.[/quote]

You’re basically saying wealthier people deserve representation more than poorer people. I suppose that’s reality considering who Congress actually works for, but it’s a bad argument. Focus on what other (red) states get out of the deal. They will celebrate lower funding for DC. Could even frame that you’re reducing funding for DC relative to other states instead of just eliminating DC’s special privileges. [/quote]

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