D.C. was carved out of Maryland and Virginia, most of Virginia’s area was returned to that state, Why don’t we just return the rest to Maryland? Easy solution.
You make the common mistake of taking a logical approach with people who are possessed by a cult. Recently I had to explain to my elderly mother how Sleepy Joe is a religious zealot. Hint - it has nothing to do with his pretend Catholicism.
Write the 4-line text and get your local state to simply pass the legislation....all non-federal property in the District....returned to Maryland. This shouldn’t take more than six weeks to get thirty states to approve this.
The “District of Columbia”, once carved out of Maryland and Virginia, is a concept, not a sacred piece of ground. Change the boundaries so the actual district only covers the grounds of the White House, the Supreme Court building, and the Capitol grounds, and the triangular piece of ground that connects all three. The rest is ceded back to Maryland, as “District County”, and the residents of Washington and Anacostia are then represented by a voting seat in Congress, and rewarded by being represented by what are almost always two Democrat Senators.
The Federal government then pays the state of Maryland what would be the fair market real estate taxes on the Federally owned land and appurtenances that lie within this District County, on a decreasing scale, beginning at 100% the first year, and decreasing at 10% a year until the tenth year, when the program is discontinued altogether.
The District of Columbia scarcely makes up a decent TOWNSHIP, anywhere else in the United States. It barely qualifies as being a county.
Because the GOP-e can’t be a minority party if they did that.
“D.C. was carved out of Maryland and Virginia, most of Virginia’s area was returned to that state, Why don’t we just return the rest to Maryland? Easy solution.
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Bears repeating.
They want the additional DemonRat senators, reps, and electoral college votes. That’s all it is.
“Why don’t we just return the rest to Maryland?”
Just reduce the size of the district to include only the capitol, supreme court, white house, etc and cede the rest back to MD and/or VA. I would condemn any residential units left and make it illegal to have a permanent address in the district. Only hotels and temporary housing. Problem solved.
We have more than enough problems already, thanks. We don’t need any more.