YES! No taxation without representation!
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YES! No taxation without representation!
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Thom's Blog Is On the Move
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Thom's blog in this space and moving to a new home.
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Thom & Louise at a "private audience" with His Holiness Pope John Paul II at his summer palace, Castle Gandolfo, Italy
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From Screwed:
"I think many of us recognize that for all but the wealthiest, life in America is getting increasingly hard. Screwed explores why, showing how this is no accidental process, but rather the product of conscious political choices, choices we can change with enough courage and commitment. Like all of Thom’s great work, it helps show us the way forward."
Of course....just like Puerto Rico should also become a state. The Republicans wouldn't of course like this because it would give Democrats a majority in the Senate..and could help Dems in the house.
Residents in DC should have representatives in Congress. I don't know if it being it's own state is the way, or if the residents should be rolled in to VIrginia and Maryland for residents and voting rights.
For some strange reason, both my "choices" are "Yes! no taxation without representation!". Yes, they should be a state and have a vote even though the "votes" are rigged against them getting a "representative" who's not "Owned" by big coroprations and some very wealthy people. The working class has virtually no representation in this government.
The "choices" offered here are just like those I see at "votting" time, no real choice at all.
The District of Columbia was created so no state could have any undue influence on your federal government. Granting statehood to DC would undermine that. Might have well left Philly or NYC be the capital. Perhaps give DC back to Maryland, it would be just as appropriate.
Yes their representatives' votes should count. Between the possiblity of terror attacks and climate change, frankly, I think the nation's capital needs to move to higher ground, say Colorado. On the other hand, if much of the east coast were to fall in the drink, would we be better off or worse?