Why are all of the arguments for D.C. statehood so bad?

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Need a neutral city. I agree.

Sorry it had to be DC, but it should be neutral ground like Switzerland. At least you get a non-voting representative in Congress.


Bring on Puerto Rico as 51st.
 

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Need a neutral city. I agree.

Sorry it had to be DC, but it should be neutral ground like Switzerland. At least you get a non-voting representative in Congress.


Bring on Puerto Rico as 51st.
I'm with Puerto Rico being a state.

But most countries WISH they had neutral ground like we have. Thats one thing we definitely figured out from a separation of powers stand point...
 

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700,000 people don't have a vote in Congress or US Senators

DC Statehood also means there still is a federal zone, its from the Capitol all the way down the National Mall. Rest of the city becomes a state.
 

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Dc residents are literally taxed without representation. Local DC laws have to be approved by Congress. Have white old overseers from Montana tell Chocolate City what they can and can not do, brehs.
 

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Need a neutral city. I agree.

Sorry it had to be DC, but it should be neutral ground like Switzerland. At least you get a non-voting representative in Congress.


Bring on Puerto Rico as 51st.

nah you have to put race first. DC needs to get statehood because its a majority black state (use to be anyway), there should be no more states unless DC gets statehood

And if PR becomes a state so should the Virgin islands and Guam
 
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