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Ok, but where is Bowser and her team and Eleanor Holmes Norton? They should have been all over this. The DC government at the top lever is literally better positioned than almost any stage or locality in the country to build relationships with hey members and committee staffs so that they are not caught so flat footed. I get that DC doesn’t have senators, but at the same time DC and Norton could be a lot more proactive, effective and, well, competent. Acting outraged and always playing the victim gets old after a while. Norton in particular was last her prime over a decade ago and needs to retire.

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Anonymous wrote:At least Chris Van Hollen is sticking up for DC citizens.

Yes.

This happens because DC has no voting representation in the Senate.
(No chance DC or Maryland would ever agree to merge- a huge majority of DC voters voted for statehood.)

No Senators feel personally responsible to the 700,000 American citizens that live in the Senate.
That is the problem.
They have their own constituents.
And the Senate is a hugely important entity in our system.

We need DC Senators with DC constituents to stick up for DC residents in the Senate.

I am a DC resident and willing to keep an open mind about this. Why do we say that 'It would never happen.' It has already happened with the DC retrocession to Virginia. There is historical precedence to this.

Part of me thinks that we should follow that example and retrocede to Maryland, or rewind the Northern Virginia retrocession to restore our state diamond shape before become the 51st state.

Anonymous wrote:I'm fine with Congress giving DC less if Congress also is fine with DC residents not having to pay federal income tax, just like in the territories. Starting this year, with all residents who already filed getting refunds if they owed taxes.

Deal?

Again, you continue to live in this situation. That makes you unhappy. You are free to move to a state. It’s really hard to be sympathetic to a person that chooses to live in a place where they are being treated unfairly.

Anonymous wrote:At least Chris Van Hollen is sticking up for DC citizens.

Yes.

This happens because DC has no voting representation in the Senate.
(No chance DC or Maryland would ever agree to merge- a huge majority of DC voters voted for statehood.)

No Senators feel personally responsible to the 700,000 American citizens that live in the Senate.
That is the problem.
They have their own constituents.
And the Senate is a hugely important entity in our system.

We need DC Senators with DC constituents to stick up for DC residents in the Senate.

What can be done about this? I'm so angry.

I'm fine with Congress giving DC less if Congress also is fine with DC residents not having to pay federal income tax, just like in the territories. Starting this year, with all residents who already filed getting refunds if they owed taxes.

Deal?

Anonymous wrote:What is the amount of money is DC getting ???

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Roughly $500 million. The rub is that every state is getting a minimum $1.25 billion and DC is being required to share a $3 billion pool with other territories whose residents, unlike DC residents, don't pay federal taxes.

If Congress intends to exempt DC residents from federal taxes, that might make its treatment under this bill more appropriate.

But this bill needs to be signed this week, so those who aren't happy with the details (and Cuomo is even more unhappy on NY's behalf) will have to suck it up.

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Anonymous wrote:So stupid. I’m sick of DC residents complaining about everything. DC will never be a state. This is a self-inflicted wound. You chose to live there and you continue to choose to live there. The best DC can hope for is retrocession by Maryland. Outside of that, you know you aren’t treated the same as a state and if you want that same treatment move to Maryland or DC. It’s as simple as that.

We are the Nation's Capital. Statehood or not, our city should not be treated worse than the rest of the country. The republican house and senate members us as their litter box. If all the residents of DC took your very helpful idea of moving to MD or VA, the poor congressmen would have no restaurants in which to hold their fundraisers with lobbyists and dry cleaners for their fancy suits and cleaners for their offices and pied a terres.

I’m not saying it’s right to shortchange DC. I’m simply saying you know that it has happened and will continue to happen. You can move so choosing to stay there is a self-inflicted wound.

Sure because we all KNEW the federal government we pay 36% of our income to would not care if we lived or died in a pandemic.

Give one good reason why the federal tax paying residents of this one city should not be a part of our nationwide relief from this pandemic.

Why should I give you a reason? I think DC should be included but DC gets shortchanged all the time and it will continue to be shortchanged for the rest of our lives. You know this and choose to continue to live there and complain about it.

What is the amount of money is DC getting ???

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Anonymous wrote:So stupid. I’m sick of DC residents complaining about everything. DC will never be a state. This is a self-inflicted wound. You chose to live there and you continue to choose to live there. The best DC can hope for is retrocession by Maryland. Outside of that, you know you aren’t treated the same as a state and if you want that same treatment move to Maryland or DC. It’s as simple as that.

We are the Nation's Capital. Statehood or not, our city should not be treated worse than the rest of the country. The republican house and senate members us as their litter box. If all the residents of DC took your very helpful idea of moving to MD or VA, the poor congressmen would have no restaurants in which to hold their fundraisers with lobbyists and dry cleaners for their fancy suits and cleaners for their offices and pied a terres.

I’m not saying it’s right to shortchange DC. I’m simply saying you know that it has happened and will continue to happen. You can move so choosing to stay there is a self-inflicted wound.

Sure because we all KNEW the federal government we pay 36% of our income to would not care if we lived or died in a pandemic.

Give one good reason why the federal tax paying residents of this one city should not be a part of our nationwide relief from this pandemic.

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Anonymous wrote:So stupid. I’m sick of DC residents complaining about everything. DC will never be a state. This is a self-inflicted wound. You chose to live there and you continue to choose to live there. The best DC can hope for is retrocession by Maryland. Outside of that, you know you aren’t treated the same as a state and if you want that same treatment move to Maryland or DC. It’s as simple as that.

We are the Nation's Capital. Statehood or not, our city should not be treated worse than the rest of the country. The republican house and senate members us as their litter box. If all the residents of DC took your very helpful idea of moving to MD or VA, the poor congressmen would have no restaurants in which to hold their fundraisers with lobbyists and dry cleaners for their fancy suits and cleaners for their offices and pied a terres.

I’m not saying it’s right to shortchange DC. I’m simply saying you know that it has happened and will continue to happen. You can move so choosing to stay there is a self-inflicted wound.

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Anonymous wrote:So stupid. I’m sick of DC residents complaining about everything. DC will never be a state. This is a self-inflicted wound. You chose to live there and you continue to choose to live there. The best DC can hope for is retrocession by Maryland. Outside of that, you know you aren’t treated the same as a state and if you want that same treatment move to Maryland or DC. It’s as simple as that.

We are the Nation's Capital. Statehood or not, our city should not be treated worse than the rest of the country. The republican house and senate members us as their litter box. If all the residents of DC took your very helpful idea of moving to MD or VA, the poor congressmen would have no restaurants in which to hold their fundraisers with lobbyists and dry cleaners for their fancy suits and cleaners for their offices and pied a terres.

DC is a Federal District. Get used to it FFS. We have plenty of restaurants and dry cleaners in MD and VA.

Want to live in a state, pick one. There's 50 to choose from.

So should those of us who live in this "federal district" also be exempted from paying federal income tax?

Its so contrary to their own interests! They live in DC part time, and their staffs live here full-time. Are they not thinking about what happens when they have a heart attack but all the ICU beds are filled at GWU?
They are just that dumb—screwing DC is a reflexive action for them and they do it even when its against their interests.

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Anonymous wrote:So stupid. I’m sick of DC residents complaining about everything. DC will never be a state. This is a self-inflicted wound. You chose to live there and you continue to choose to live there. The best DC can hope for is retrocession by Maryland. Outside of that, you know you aren’t treated the same as a state and if you want that same treatment move to Maryland or DC. It’s as simple as that.

We are the Nation's Capital. Statehood or not, our city should not be treated worse than the rest of the country. The republican house and senate members us as their litter box. If all the residents of DC took your very helpful idea of moving to MD or VA, the poor congressmen would have no restaurants in which to hold their fundraisers with lobbyists and dry cleaners for their fancy suits and cleaners for their offices and pied a terres.

DC is a Federal District. Get used to it FFS. We have plenty of restaurants and dry cleaners in MD and VA.

Want to live in a state, pick one. There's 50 to choose from.

Shut up, You are an idiot.