Posted on 07/21/2014 7:36:21 PM PDT by TigerClaws
President Obama said Monday that as a Washington, D.C., resident he supported statehood for the District of Columbia’s 650,000 inhabitants.
"I'm in D.C., so I'm for it," Obama said Monday at a town-hall event to promote his "My Brother's Keeper" program.
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Yep. That's the solution right there. Carve out a small federal district, and give the rest back to Maryland (sorry, Maryland).
Give the whole thing to Maryland and give them 20 acres out in some field in Kansas. Do not allow anyone other then the White house to reside there. It would be centrally located.
WHAT?!! EO’s do not apply? And to think this creature wanted to be a Constitutional Professor. Now he only plays pResident on TV. (but is highly paid for his performance)
WHAT?!! EO’s do not apply? And to think this creature wanted to be a Constitutional Professor. Now he only plays pResident on TV. (but is highly paid for his performance)
The government has a precedent for that in the return of cross-Potomac DC land to Virginia. Maryland is already true-blue, and it has experience with poor urban areas with Baltimore and PG County.
You are correct. In the 1830s....because of slavery issues...Alexandria and Arlington were both worked out to return to Virginia, with no Constitutional changes.
If you ever go up and walk around the district...everything across the river (Anacostia)could easily fold up and be part of Maryland. The western side (Georgetown) is also easily folded up into Maryland. If you exit the White House and go 500 feet north...you could also refer to this property as non-DC.
The problem I see with this is that DC political figures have spent years building up their special interest groups. To suddenly say that as a major urban area...you are now the number one city of Maryland, and contend with the governor of Maryland and the State Legislature of Maryland, it’s a pretty negative situation.
The pull on this idea is that transportation-wise...both Virginia and Maryland get dragged into any discussion or debate over METRO. The DC guys can’t get anything done, unless both states participate and agree on the changes.
we already have 57 states, how many more does he think we need?
Puerto Rico is jealous.
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The people there do NOT want PR to become a US State. They would then have to pay income taxes to the US. As a Territory, they are considered US citizens; but they are not burdened with all the BS.
Just give the city back to the state of Maryland where it came from in the first place. The city of Washington would get one member in the House, and be represented in the Senate along with other citizens of Maryland.
Won’t happen. It was brought up at the beginning of his 1st term. He’s had 6 years to push this and has done nothing. He’s just trying to buy votes for his comrades.
Or not get booed. What else is he going to say if asked that at a DC townhall event?
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