Either make us a state or don't have us pay taxes. We are a colonized people. >B...but muh 23rd amendmentFirst we pass a law making us a state and I guarantee you they'll repeal the 23rd in two seconds. Let's force their hand. If the federal government wants to play games with DC, then we the people will play games with the feds. Freedom now.
>>543850197explain to me why you want to become a state.
The reason it's not a state is that it's not very fair to the other states that one state should monopolize the federal government. >inb4 So move the capitol somewhere elseSame problem, different location
>>543850197Eat a dick and die, your a federal district, deal with it. Move to Maryland queer.
What the fuck did it stand for Douglas Commonwealth this whole time????
>>543850197ok but its very much blatantly unconstitutional
>>543850261Because we are being taxed without representation. It's un-American. If you're not going to give us representation then don't tax us (like PR, Guam, CNMI, etc).
>>543850343Kill yourself or move
>>543850300The solution is shown in pic related. The "capital" will be the federal enclave.>>543850302Maryland has no desire for us and we have no desire for them. Only 20% of Marylanders want annexation and even fewer of us want retrocession. >>543850305No... that's to differentiate from the old federal district >>543850309It's literally not. DC can become a state without repealing the 23rd as long as some sort of federal district exists (like pic related). Then we would repeal the 23rd to take away that district's voting rights. We push for statehood to force their hand rather than wait for them to repeal the 23rd.
>>543850376Nope. I've lived here for generations. We're going nowhere. My ancestors died for this land. Fuck you.
>>543850451then enjoy getting the big tax dick in you ass with no reach around faggot.
DC should be part of maryland the same way alexandria is part of virginiaproblem solved
>>543850261so they can get 2 senators elected by retarded illiterate niggers in the northeast of the city.
>>543850433>Maryland has no desire for us and we have no desire for them. Only 20% of Marylanders want annexation and even fewer of us want retrocession.Too bad.
>propose the actual solution that worked for alexandria/arlington/falls church>NOOOOOOOOOO REEEEE YOU HAVE TO LET US HAVE TWO SENATORS>I'M TAXED WITHOUT REPRESENTATION (note: he works for the federal government or a nonprofit lobbying the government and therefore should not be represented)hahaha
>lol
>>543850564>>543850611DC statehood is coming. Probably sooner than you think. Big changes always happen faster than expected. Nobody thought the USSR was going to collapse or the Berlin wall would come down. I predict DC statehood within the next 10 years. RIP to the martyrs of the movement
>>543850653Retrocession happened when outside of Alexandria (which had like 1k people) that was all farmers. DC identity didn't exist at that point we hadn't had our statogenesis. DC is not maryland and we aren't virginia. State identity arises naturally over time, DC identity didn't really begin until post civil war.
>>543850197Or we just give it back to Maryland like we did with Virginia... dc was never meant to be a place where land owners lived. Therefore it was never supposed to be directly taxed or represented in congress.
>>543850197have you considered moving to America?
>>543850197>Douglas CommonwealthWow, what a game name. Just use "Washington State" lmao
>>543850197>make us a stateNo, dumbfuck. Take a civics course and brush up on the history of "your" district. Nobody should have a permanent residence in DC period, that was the primary mistake that was made. Allowing retards and niggers to set up shop in what is supposed to be a purely administrative district.
>>543850769Honestly people who live and work in dc shouldn't be able to vote.
>>543850305District of Columbia
>>543850197The bulk of DC should be part of Maryland. The actual "capital" should be the buildings and streets around the National Mall.Nobody should live there.
Do you pay state taxes, retard?
>>543850197How about go fuck off If you want a federal rep move out of dc ya cunt
>>543851559lmao their taxes will skyrocket with a dystopian single-city "state government" of illiterates and poors
>>543850197Why not simple add the "Douglass Commonwealth" area to Maryland, since it's already touching it, and then have the federal district be its own thing?
>>543850197>Either make us a state or don't have us pay taxes. We are a colonized people.Bullshit, you can fucking move, fuck those people in the beltway, you don't get to become a state then claim the government everyone has to pay taxes to is just a couple of fucking buildings, Either destroy FEDERALISM all together, or don't become a State.
Anacostia and DuPont circle sure feel like Maryland. Maybe Anandale should be D.C., too.
>>543850197you guys should honestly just be a separate country
>>543851434Or sit on juries.
>>543850653>note: he works for the federal government or a nonprofit lobbying the government and therefore should not be represented)He could be a capitol coke dealer.
Al-uh-BAMA, alaska arizona, arkansas california, colorado - con - net - ti - cut. DUN DUN DUN. Delewar, Douglass Commonwealth, georgi-NO
>>543850343You have plenty of representation. If you can become a state, so can my city block.
>>543850726Berlin wall is going back up retard.
>>543850433>The solution is shown in pic related. The "capital" will be the federal enclave.Wouldn't it make more sense to form that federal enclave and then join the rest of the state of Virginia?
>>543850433>Maryland has no desire for us and we have no desire for them. Only 20% of Marylanders want annexation and even fewer of us want retrocession.Except that is current law. If DC's status changes, the two halves need to be turned back over to VA and MD before anything else. Also, it's got way too small of a population to be a state.
>Just give the worst people in the country 2 senators goyLol, what a fucking joke.
>>543850197Just turn it back into Maryland. It doesnt need to be a state. Its Marylands land.
legally speaking, considering that they took away land from maryland to deliberately create a non-state to use it as neutral ground for a city, shouldn't that land be given back to maryland if the inhabitants want representation?otherwise you could have an unlimited number of states by moving the capital around, seizing territory from various states and giving it statehood later
>>543850980I am an American>>543851559Yes. We pay city taxes (our equivalent of state) and federal.
>>543852193They don't want us and it denies us of our identity. Why not make Delaware part of Pennsylvania? Why not make Louisiana part of Texas?
>>543853093If your city block was being taxed with no rep I'd be more open to the conversation. >>543853986When they took the land there was one bumfuck town and some farms. Now we have our own identity. Neither us in DC nor maryland want retrocession. Only reason VA could take their land back is because it was basically all farmers. DC identity didn't exist until post civil war
