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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DC statehood inevitably means more government and higher taxes. No thanks.[/quote]

How so?

Is this just your way of saying you'd support it if DC was majority republican but don't because DC is majority democratic?

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DC will need to pay for own prosecutors, public defenders, courts and prisons. DC will need to pay for own water system. DC will need to pay for own higher education system.

None of that stuff is cheap. Enjoy. [/quote]

This is a point I had not considered (not the PP). Amongst all these opinions of pro/con, it is worth considering the impact of statehood on the people of DC re costs/services, along w tax/revenue implications. I am not sure what all the Fed gov provides DC right now, and subsequently the ability to impact tax revenue if statehood is granted, eventually. Any more clarity in this area would be great.[/quote]
Higher Education expenditures for all states in 2020 was 8% of total expenditures. In DC it was 0.7% of total expenditures. Combine the need to fund an actual university with the inevitable loss of DCTAG and you can hear the sad trombone playing.

The reality that statehood proponents won’t tell you is that the fiscal consequences would be severe. As an immediate matter, even Blue states would demand the cessation of several Federal subsidies to DC that their states did not enjoy as a condition of statehood. Second, the medium term consequences would be even worse, considering the political realities of Congress where DC would have 2 junior Senators and would stand at the end of the line for Federal dollars. Lastly, proposals such as the free transfer of Federal land to DC for private development, including previously McMillan Reservoir, but currently the proposal for RFK would be dead and buried forever.

DC right now enjoys the best of both worlds while proclaiming victim status. The pro-statehood folks should be careful of the dog catching its own tail.[/quote]

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