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  Do you support DC statehood? (search mode)
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Question: Should the District of Columbia become the Douglass Commonwealth?
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Author Topic: Do you support DC statehood?  (Read 4042 times)
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« on: August 03, 2020, 03:31:26 AM »

I would like to make it a special non-state entity with one full Representative and one full Senator.

Retrocession to Maryland is another idea that I support but apparently Marylanders do not want that.
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« Reply #1 on: August 09, 2020, 10:06:26 AM »

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.?
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E: -5.55, S: -1.57

« Reply #2 on: August 09, 2020, 05:50:30 PM »

Maryland most definitely wants that, and would never oppose DC statehood.

Where did this "MD opposes DC statehood" blasphemy come from?



No one is saying that. We are discussing about the fact that Maryland opposes DC retrocession.
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