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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sad news.

Also doesn’t help efforts for statehood[/quote]

What does this have to do with statehood? [/quote]

The poor response to this situation on all levels does not broadcast to the rest of the country that DC is ready to be a state[/quote]

Poor leadership is not an excuse to disenfranchise 700,000+ people.[/quote]

They're not disenfranchised, they don't live in a US State, and so don't elect voting representatives to the United States. They can move. Canadians can't vote for a representative to the United States, either. [/quote]

Canadians aren't living under the jurisdiction of the Senate.

Anyway, D.C. residents are subject to the laws created by the Senate and should be able to send representation to the Senate. They are disenfranchised. [/quote]

I'm sorry if you were unaware when you moved there, but you can move to VA or MD.[/quote]

This is just a terrible idea. “I’m sorry if you knew you’d be paying the same taxes as the rest of us but not get equal rights.” Lots of people who like to show themselves as woke are okay with DC citizens (who are largely minority) not having full rights. [/quote]

Rich people in DC can move if they don't like the situation there. As for the poor people in DC, it seems like they get a lot more than the poor people in other parts of the country.

"As such, while state and local governments spent $2,070 per capita nationally on public welfare in 2017, per capita spending ranged from $1,068 in Connecticut to $3,624 in New York. The District of Columbia’s per capita spending was $5,649.

Other states with high per capita public welfare spending in 2017 included Alaska ($3,483), Massachusetts ($3,242), and Vermont ($2,955). After Connecticut, the lowest per capita spending was in Georgia ($1,164), Utah ($1,262), North Carolina ($1,303), and South Dakota ($1,338). ...

If, instead of spending per capita, we consider spending as a share of the low-income population, Massachusetts spent the most of any state ($14,346), followed by Alaska ($14,181), New York ($11,716) and Minnesota ($11,255). The District of Columbia is again an outlier at $20,167. Per low-income resident, spending is lowest in Georgia ($3,310), North Carolina ($3,748), Florida ($3,904), Texas ($3,953), and Nevada ($4,166)."

https://www.urban.org/policy-centers/cross-center-initiatives/state-and-local-finance-initiative/state-and-local-backgrounders/public-welfare-expenditures
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