Anonymous wrote:I have yet to see a compelling reason to change the status quo.

The reason is US citizens who pay taxes are not represented.

The Founders fought a freaking war because of this very issue, and you can't see it?

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Anonymous wrote:680k Dems added to the rolls would ensure no GOP ever touches Government House again. Good job Republicans lol.

Maybe half of the 680k are eligible to vote and even less are registered and/or reliable voters. However, you should not also lose sight of the fact that Maryland Democrats also don't want to deal with DC voters that would dilute the electoral strength of every other part of the state.

Montgomery, PG, Howard, and -- to a lesser extent -- Baltimore have already diluted the electoral strength of every other part of Maryland. Adding DC wouldn't change much.

Also, Larry Hogan was a fluke -- just like Charlie Baker in Massachusetts.

Given DC's tiny geographical footprint, forcing it back under Maryland's jurisdiction would likely provide some cost savings to the federal government.

And DC residents get the Congressional representation they've been complaining about.

Win-Win.

I have yet to see a compelling reason to change the status quo.

Anonymous wrote:680k Dems added to the rolls would ensure no GOP ever touches Government House again. Good job Republicans lol.

Maybe half of the 680k are eligible to vote and even less are registered and/or reliable voters. However, you should not also lose sight of the fact that Maryland Democrats also don't want to deal with DC voters that would dilute the electoral strength of every other part of the state.

As a DC native, I am infuriated by the unconstitutionality of US CITIZENS lacking representation in the US Congress and the city lacking the capacity to govern itself. That said, there is no way Maryland or Virginia will cede it’s richest areas to the district. Never gonna happen.

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Anonymous wrote:Just send DC back to Maryland.....

Maryland doesn’t want it.

Maryland should want it. Being able to control the entire B-W corridor provides huge opportunities for economic development.

Say what? The political reasons against retrocession are obvious.

There is also not a giant tax windfall to be had because DC can barely find their own services.

DC runs a budget surplus. Try some other nonsense.

The DC government has a total debt of over $13 billion and spent $900 million for debt financing costs this year. For reference, Montgomery County, which is both geographically larger and has a 50% larger population, has a debt of $5.5 billion.

I am sorry that you are misinformed.

I love this idea. Can DC annex MoCo, PG, Alexandria, Arlington, and Fairfax? ❤️

680k Dems added to the rolls would ensure no GOP ever touches Government House again. Good job Republicans lol.

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Anonymous wrote:Should DC absorb suburbs when it becomes a state? Seems like the district is having trouble enforcing residency requirements for agency heads and since most of the city workforce aka commuters lives in the suburbs?

No, just give DC back to Maryland. Problem solved.

Nobody wants Retrocession...nobody.

Plus, you realize if DC goes back to MD, good luck ever electing a Republican governor again in Maryland. I don't think Republicans realize this at all.

Anonymous wrote:Dc becomes a state and Cong, WH, and SCT and museums remain. All the rest of the bureaucracy gets split up and divided up amongst the other states.

A Federal District could remain. But 95% of DC should be a state.

Who cares where the bureaucracy goes? There will always be massive bloat in the mid-Atlantic. Democrats and Republicans alike want it. They just tell their constituents they don't.

It’s an open secret that most high ranking DC government employees don’t actually live in the District. A DC government salary, even at the upper echelons, is not enough to allow a family to live comfortably in a safe area of the District unless the person’s spouse has a high paying private sector job.

Dc becomes a state and Cong, WH, and SCT and museums remain. All the rest of the bureaucracy gets split up and divided up amongst the other states.

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Anonymous wrote:Funny, that government you deride has a AAA bond rating and a $7B rainy day fund that is the envy if almost every governor in the union.

Yet, how many governors would envy a declining population, exorbitant cost of living, chronic homelessness, rising crime, and the clowns on the city council?

Casual racism is so 1980s.

And sugarcoating real and worsening problems is so 2020s.

DC population is not declining
Difference in costs of living are negligible
Cities have more crime than suburbs but crime is on the rise everywhere

Enjoy suburbia from the safe confines of your SUV and what passes for culture there.

False. DC lost 18,000 residents in 2021.

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Anonymous wrote:Should DC absorb suburbs when it becomes a state? Seems like the district is having trouble enforcing residency requirements for agency heads and since most of the city workforce aka commuters lives in the suburbs?

Is your premise that DC should absorb the suburbs because the people running DC don't want to live there?

Yes. This is OP’s logic.