Do you support DC statehood?

[brucejoel99]

Annex it back into Maryland and keep all the government stuff in New DC

Maryland doesn't want that, though.

[brucejoel99]

Annex it back into Maryland and keep all the government stuff in New DC

Maryland doesn't want that, though.

You imply the federal government cares about that

You imply that you don't.

[brucejoel99]

Why doesn’t Maryland want DC?

For one thing, Baltimore would be even further marginalized (& the rural areas might as well be made to not exist) in the state legislature.

DC would also have a lot of problems that MD would have to set up means to address, like setting up circuit & district courts, appointing judges (who may or may not be District holdovers), replacing the DC AG with a state's attorney, etc.

So MD would just rather not be granted the inherent burdens.

[brucejoel99]

I'm surprised Maryland wouldn't want it, seems like it'd be an absolute cash cow for tax and tourism revenue.

Change your avatar to blue if you really believe economics is all that matters.

Also, your economics are faulty. You're neglecting all the expenses an urban area requires. As it is Maryland has a good chunk of the D.C. suburbs which are net income generators as suburbs typically have less people needing services and more tax revenue per capita than urban areas.  That's without even considering all the extra expenses associated with hosting the Federal government.

Based purely on economics, if might make sense for Maryland to agree to a retrocession of the part of D.C. south of the Anacostia, but not all of D.C.

Why south of the Anacostia? Isn't that the poorest part of D.C.?

It's not Georgetown, but it is gentrifying and more importantly, doesn't have much in the way of Federal facilities that would be an economic drain. Also, the boundaries would be simple to define compared to trying to absorb just the best bordering bits of D.C., so it's the only even semi-realistic partial retrocession worth considering.

In any case, any partial retrocession of D.C. is even more of a fantasy than a complete retrocession.

I don't think anybody has legitimately proposed a complete retrocession, as everybody (regardless of whether one supports retrocession or statehood) has seemingly proposed that a nominal federal district in & of itself would still need to be constituted, particularly around the White House, the Capitol, the Supreme Court, & the Mall.

[brucejoel99]

Yes, but only if an equivalent Republican state is added somewhere else.

"I love democracy.*


*Unless such democracy hurts the GOP."

[brucejoel99]

Yes, but only if an equivalent Republican state is added somewhere else.

"I love democracy.*


*Unless such democracy hurts the GOP."

We all know the real reason why people here support DC statehood.

It has nothing to do with representation.

lol k