Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ah, it's that great day of the year, where we DC residents get to pay federal taxes. Let's just take a moment and remember that we have no voting say over what happens to those dollars. Time for statehood, DC.

Yes. But you do have local control of DC schools, which has produced not a single school that the President found fit for his own kids.

If DC were a state, it would score dead last on state SAT scores.

And up to 2008 or so, the adult iliteracy rate was 36% in D.C. thanks to home rule over schools; fortunately gentrification drove many of the victims of DC schools out into PG and other places, so we don't have to live with the poors.

D.C. Statehood? Hell no.

Revoke home rule instead.

Only one president has sent their kids to public schools, and that was Jimmy Carter. The Clintons, Kennedys, Obamas, Bushes, Reagans were all schooled in the private schools of DC, NY, CA, AR, MA, NH, IL pre and post presidency. It's not a DC thing.

-all because the D.C. Schools are not good enough.

That isn't a D.C. thing?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ah, it's that great day of the year, where we DC residents get to pay federal taxes. Let's just take a moment and remember that we have no voting say over what happens to those dollars. Time for statehood, DC.

Yes. But you do have local control of DC schools, which has produced not a single school that the President found fit for his own kids.

If DC were a state, it would score dead last on state SAT scores.

And up to 2008 or so, the adult iliteracy rate was 36% in D.C. thanks to home rule over schools; fortunately gentrification drove many of the victims of DC schools out into PG and other places, so we don't have to live with the poors.

D.C. Statehood? Hell no.

Revoke home rule instead.

Only one president has sent their kids to public schools, and that was Jimmy Carter. The Clintons, Kennedys, Obamas, Bushes, Reagans were all schooled in the private schools of DC, NY, CA, AR, MA, NH, IL pre and post presidency. It's not a DC thing.

Anonymous wrote:To tell the truth, I am always angrier when I owe the DC government additional tax money than when I owe the Feds. The DC government wastes so much money through steered crony contracts, shadow "consultants" and featherbedded government jobs.

Hmm, how is this different from what the feds do with your money?

I love how conservatives hate the federal government unless it involves DC or poor people. Then suddenly they want to revoke local rule and have Congress dictate on schools and laws.

Considering DC kept electing Marion Barry, I don't want to know what they'd do with on House member and two senators.

FFS. Don't live in the District if you don't like paying taxes without representation. It's very simple.

Anonymous wrote:Ah, it's that great day of the year, where we DC residents get to pay federal taxes. Let's just take a moment and remember that we have no voting say over what happens to those dollars. Time for statehood, DC.

Yes. But you do have local control of DC schools, which has produced not a single school that the President found fit for his own kids.

If DC were a state, it would score dead last on state SAT scores.

And up to 2008 or so, the adult iliteracy rate was 36% in D.C. thanks to home rule over schools; fortunately gentrification drove many of the victims of DC schools out into PG and other places, so we don't have to live with the poors.

D.C. Statehood? Hell no.

Revoke home rule instead.

To tell the truth, I am always angrier when I owe the DC government additional tax money than when I owe the Feds. The DC government wastes so much money through steered crony contracts, shadow "consultants" and featherbedded government jobs.

Anonymous wrote:Let’s also remember that those outside of DC really have no say in how those tax dollars are spent either.
Our “representatives” don’t always represent us.

+1. Regardless of how I feel about DC being unrepresented, the government is bloated. No more senators!

Let’s also remember that those outside of DC really have no say in how those tax dollars are spent either.
Our “representatives” don’t always represent us.

Let's also remember that no matter how right we are, there is a 0.0% chance of statehood ever happening.

Ah, it's that great day of the year, where we DC residents get to pay federal taxes. Let's just take a moment and remember that we have no voting say over what happens to those dollars. Time for statehood, DC.