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To: optik_b
Should little D.C. have two senators, just like California? Talk about proportional representation...NOT.

D.C. ought to declare independence and join Puerto Rico.
10 posted on 01/13/2004 7:54:30 PM PST by Tax Government
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To: Tax Government
"Should little D.C. have two senators, just like California? Talk about proportional representation...NOT. "

It's known as the Great compromise and you'll have to take that one up with the founding fathers. There's many states that have disproportional representation and receive disproportionate amount of federal dollars as a result.
45 posted on 01/14/2004 1:14:06 PM PST by optik_b
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