DC was specifically setup not to be a state. Rico was captured during wartime
Time to admit DC and Puerto Rico
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yes to puerto rico no to DC
DC was specifically setup not to be a state. Rico was captured during wartime "Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman |
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Blacks were specifically set up to be property, things change
-- Drew |
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??? there a point in there somewhere?
"Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman |
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"DC was specifically setup not to be a state." Why can't that change?
-- Drew |
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it can change, constitutional ammendment
then the brawl would start between virginia and maryland over who gets the taxing rights because they were the ones it was carved out of. "Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman |
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That's an open question I think.
Congress is in charge of DC. What if they said "poof, you're a state now" by law? Or, change DC proper to be just the federal buildings and make the rest into a state. The constitution only limits how big it can get, not how big it has to be, IIRC. Regards, -scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson. |
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Virginia got its part of DC (Arlington and Alexandria) back already.
Maryland doesn't want DC back (it would mess up the balance of power in the state). There is no reason why the federal district cannot shrink (it did before) and the rest of the remainder could become a state. Without a Constitutional Amendment. https://dcist.com/story/19/09/18/the-past-present-and-potential-future-of-d-c-statehood-explained/ Cheers, Scott. |
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no reason why the federal district cannot shrink (it did before)
and the rest of the remainder could become a state. What would they use for tax base? Have not been there for a number of years but other than the federal district it looked pretty run down. "Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman |
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DC's pretty much a boomtown now.
They've got their finances in order and found ways to get people to come back to DC to live. They're finally working on developing Anacostia, also too. 720,000 people don't live in the federal buildings. ;-) https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/house-set-vote-dc-statehood-create-washington-douglass/story?id=71461781 The boundaries of the proposed new state would encompass the district’s residential and business areas, but would exclude the federal monuments, the White House, the Capitol Building, the United States Supreme Court Building and the federal executive, legislative and judicial office buildings that are near the National Mall and the Capitol. Those excluded areas would then serve as the District of Columbia and would remain under federal oversight. HTH. Cheers, Scott. |
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Already more people than Vermont and Wyoming, and closing on Alaska *fast*
-- Drew |
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There's the whole financial district in DC
Lots and lots of highly-paid businesses there. CPA firms, lobbyists, all manner of things that aren't federal. Regards, -scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson. |
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Was that his third or fourth shifting of the goalposts in this thread?
What would they use for tax base?WTF does that have to do with anything? But OK, if it does, you will of course have to rescind the statehood of all those States that live on Federal hand-outs (the fucking welfare queens)? That would also help fix the Rethuglican stranglehold on the US Senate. -- Christian R. Conrad The Man Who Apparently Still Knows Fucking Everything Mail: Same username as at the top left of this post, at iki.fi |
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You're like my first wife
No argument is too old or too obscure to not resurrect. Keep going, fun to watch. |
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:-)
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(Hopefully) Hypothetical question
- (drook)
- (18)
- Nov. 2, 2020, 10:39:27 AM EST
It's called impeachment.
- (InThane)
- (17)
- Nov. 2, 2020, 11:27:44 AM EST
In other words, make sure you steal the election sufficiently to also win the challenge to it
-NT
- (drook)
- (16)
- Nov. 2, 2020, 12:41:59 PM EST
Impeachment is nigh impossible against a Republican candidate
- (InThane)
- (15)
- Nov. 2, 2020, 12:51:30 PM EST
Time to admit DC and Puerto Rico
-NT
- (drook)
- (14)
- Nov. 2, 2020, 02:12:09 PM EST
yes to puerto rico no to DC
- (boxley)
- (13)
- Nov. 2, 2020, 02:39:31 PM EST
Blacks were specifically set up to be property, things change
-NT
- (drook)
- (12)
- Nov. 2, 2020, 03:14:40 PM EST
??? there a point in there somewhere?
-NT
- (boxley)
- (11)
- Nov. 2, 2020, 03:19:28 PM EST
"DC was specifically setup not to be a state." Why can't that change?
-NT
- (drook)
- (10)
- Nov. 2, 2020, 03:22:54 PM EST
it can change, constitutional ammendment
- (boxley)
- (9)
- Nov. 2, 2020, 03:29:05 PM EST
That's an open question I think.
- (malraux)
- Nov. 2, 2020, 04:26:29 PM EST
Virginia got its part of DC (Arlington and Alexandria) back already.
- (Another Scott)
- (7)
- Nov. 2, 2020, 05:14:29 PM EST
no reason why the federal district cannot shrink (it did before)
- (boxley)
- (6)
- Nov. 2, 2020, 09:57:08 PM EST
DC's pretty much a boomtown now.
- (Another Scott)
- (1)
- Nov. 2, 2020, 11:58:35 PM EST
Already more people than Vermont and Wyoming, and closing on Alaska *fast*
-NT
- (drook)
- Nov. 3, 2020, 09:54:16 AM EST
There's the whole financial district in DC
- (malraux)
- Nov. 3, 2020, 10:44:16 AM EST
Was that his third or fourth shifting of the goalposts in this thread?
- (CRConrad)
- (2)
- May 19, 2021, 05:26:12 AM EDT
You're like my first wife
- (crazy)
- (1)
- May 19, 2021, 01:00:16 PM EDT
:-)
-NT
- (boxley)
- May 19, 2021, 03:00:32 PM EDT
