Posted on 07/21/2014 4:23:01 PM PDT by mandaladon
President Barack Obama said on Monday that he’s in favor of Washington, D.C., gaining statehood.
“I’m in D.C., so I’m for it,” he said to a room of mostly young, minority boys who were at the White House for Obama’s My Brother’s Keeper initiative. “Folks in D.C. pay taxes like everybody else. They contribute to the overall well-being of the country like everybody else. They should be represented like everybody else.”
Obama said he’s supported the idea of statehood for D.C. “for quite sometime” but acknowledged that “the politics of it” would make it something difficult to move through Congress.
D.C. is the most liberal city in the U.S., according to a poll released by Gallup in January.
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Yep. Liberals outnumber conservatives by more than any other geographic area.
Love the part about not being air-conditioned. Just remember, they can’t do any more “work” or “get things done” over the internet.
No even enough residents for a Congressional district and he wants 2 black Senators too?
Not hardly
The British originally located Washington DC in a miserable swamp that allowed employees of the Crown to claim time-and-a-half pay.
They will keep voting Democrat as long as there is a USA.
‘Cause he wants to be governor AND President.
Educated in an Islamic school and unclear on the concept
DC should just be abandoned. There’s obviously something wrong with the water there.
To even be considered for statehood would first require a constitutional amendment.
Wendy Davis will become governor of Houston Texas just as Molly Ringwald predicted!
How can people LIVE in Washington, DC? Isn’t that like living inside City Hall?
0bama's open borders will result in a dirty bomb (at least) being set off there, so it will be abandoned in the near future.
And just how is the State of DC supposed to support itself?
Everything is just about Federally owned. Should the State of DC tax the Federal government? Should every museum have an entrance fee? What about state tax? What about everything else that comprise a state and its revenue factors?
Our “sure, yeah, whatever” president is pitiful.
The Obama Way - Change for the sake of disruption and divisiveness.
Stacking votes with illegals at the bottom...stacking votes with socialists at the top.
The idea will probably pass with “conservatives” championing the cause....
North Texas, Central Texas, West Texas, East Texas, South Texas...
“Washington DC is part of Maryland. Just combine it and be done with it.”
I agree. Arlington, VA was part of the original DC but was returned to Virginia. Let’s return the District to Maryland. The land on which the Federal buildings and monuments sit will remain federal land, under administration of the central government, just like national parks and military bases.
Even better, perhaps it is time to move the seat of the government close to the geographic center of the country (probably somewhere in rural Kansas). We can do it right this time. Build an office building and auditorium for both the House and Senate. Next to it place dormitories where Congressmen and Senators will be required to live when Congress is in session. The Senate and House can share a cafeteria, without any private dining facilities, and the congress critters should be required to eat at the cafeteria while Congress is in session. In the office building allow the Congress critters to have small offices without private restrooms. All Congressional staff should sit in cube farms, in the same way most middle management in today’s corporations are assigned to cubicles. Lobbyists will not be allowed to reside or have physical offices within 100 miles of the seat of government. Congressmen, congressional staff, and lobbyists will be required to post in advance all meetings on an internet log accessible by the public.
Moving the seat of government and making it uncomfortable for congress critters would further the cause of liberty.
That would provide a rationale for Obama planning to stay on in DC after his Presidency…
(Note I did NOT say 2016)
If I remember my history, Washington DC was supposed to be a neutral area. All citizens were to be citizens of surrounding states.
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