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Southern_Name_9119 t1_j4ci0qn wrote

Good. Keep the District a district.

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_Reliten_ t1_j4co5me wrote

If the District stays a district I shouldn't have to pay taxes. No taxation without representation.

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ohoneup t1_j4daizo wrote

Agree in theory, but when every billionaire and corporation moves in to dodge taxes it would turn into some instant gentrified hell-scape with skyrocketing cost of living overnight.

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_Reliten_ t1_j4gy8x0 wrote

Almost as if the solution is to make the District a state, give it real home rule, and let the ~800,000 citizens who live here (more than Wyoming and Vermont) have equal representation in the legislature to their fellow Americans.

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Hills_Dweller_22305 t1_j4df5d4 wrote

Remember the days when Newt Gingrich wanted to make DC an empowerment zone with no taxes? Yeah, those were the days.

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