D.C votes overwhelmingly to become the 51st State

[Sparko]

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-w...ome-51st-state
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So a single city will be a state? and have the voting power and representation of an entire state?

I thought the whole reason there was a D.C was to provide neutrality so there would be no favoritism of any state that housed the Federal Government. So much for that.

I'm agin' it

[Yttrium]

I'm for it, just so people will stop calling it "Washington". It's confusing, since there is a state called Washington.

[mikewhitney]

If it becomes a state, where should we move all of congress and the federal offices?

[Sparko]

If it becomes a state, where should we move all of congress and the federal offices?

They would remain there. That is why I think it is a conflict of interest. I think that is why they created a separate NON-STATE area for the federal government in the first place. If they wanted the government in a state, they could have just left it where it was. No need for a new state.

[Cow Poke]

They need two senators like they need stricter gun control.

[Sparko]

They need two senators like they need stricter gun control.

Why should a single city get to be a state and have senators? That is just freaking crazy.

If they want to be part of a state, they can just go back to being part of Maryland and Virginia. Then they get their representation.

Why does DC even get 3 electoral votes? That is asinine too.

[Bill the Cat]

Can we give them Northern Virginia, please???

[37818]

If the residents what to not live at the US Capital they should move.

http://dailysignal.com/2015/07/13/22...he-51st-state/

[Raphael]

So a single city will be a state?

There is precedence.
https://infogalactic.com/info/Vatican_City
https://infogalactic.com/info/Singapore

[One Bad Pig]

I'm for it, just so people will stop calling it "Washington". It's confusing, since there is a state called Washington.

The city name was there first.

Besides, the name of the small town I live in ends in "Road" - talk about confusing when I try to get a cab ride home from work.

[One Bad Pig]

There is precedence.
https://infogalactic.com/info/Vatican_City
https://infogalactic.com/info/Singapore

We don't truck with no furriner precedence here.

[Sparko]

just dissolve DC back into Maryland and Virginia and they will have full representation.

[KingsGambit]

I think DC should get a voting member in Congress, but don't see the need for statehood. (Though it still has more people than Wyoming.)

[Sparko]

I think DC should get a voting member in Congress, but don't see the need for statehood.

It doesn't need a voting member in congress. IT IS A CITY.

(Though it still has more people than Wyoming.)

By that logic we should make every large city it's own state.

[Starlight]

So a single city will be a state? and have the voting power and representation of an entire state?

Its population is larger than Vermont. It's sensible to make it a state, or to let it join one of the surrounding states. But the people in it want it to be their own state, and in a democracy what they want matters.

Do you remember the phrase "no taxation without representation"? Currently the people in D.C. are taxed by the federal government but they have no representation there.

I thought the whole reason there was a D.C was to provide neutrality so there would be no favoritism of any state that housed the Federal Government.

Well it was originally because it was feared that putting the capital in New York city would allow business to corrupt government, so they wanted the capital geographically separated from business interests to prevent corruption. Long term, that hasn't been a successful plan.

Making D.C. a state seems unlikely to cause any 'favoritism' to the state that houses the federal government. Why would it? The federal government has nothing to do with any particular state, and is not affected more currently by states it's geographically near.