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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a DC resident. I have worked in congress for years (obviously not a congress person) This is a non issue for Congress. The US Congress is not interested in discussing the idea of DC Statehood or doing anything perceived to give DC more State rights.

I know that may not sound fair to a lot of us but look at our last several times we have had a Dem President, Dem Congress and Dem Senate. The idea just has nobody interested.

At this point in my personal life, I would almost be happier exploring other solutions to at least have representation. I have observed DCUM long enough to know that those ideas are almost seen as blasphemous so I will not bring them up again. [/quote]

Statehood is somewhere between DC joke and a decriminalized weed-induced fantasy.

But I'd happily settle for retrocession, in which DC becomes the largest city in the State of Maryland.[/quote]

So what's your plan for persuading Maryland to agree to this, which seems like it would be an important first step? [/quote]
We’re not interested. Thanks for asking. [/quote]

Retrocession would be a joke.  DC has more population that some states.  DC contributes more in taxes than 21 states.[/quote]
The joke is DC paying a small portion of the massive Federal subsidy it receives back in taxes and pretending that the city is making a substantial contribution. [/quote]

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