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| red sox 777 06/26/20 8:34:50 PM #212: | LordoftheMorons posted... Regardless of whether your representative is of the same party as you, they are incentivized to be advocating for the interests of their constituents (say, for example, there's an earthquake in your district; they will advocate for disaster relief money). No one in Congress has any external incentive to advocate for DC. Correct. It is similar in status to an occupied territory, like the Philippines used to be or Guam or American Samoa or Puerto Rico. Congress is there to represent the 50 American states. From the point of view of a DC resident, of course having statehood is better. But that's not necessarily the case for the residents of the other states. --- September 1, 2003; November 4, 2007; September 2, 2013 Congratulations to DP Oblivion in the Guru Contest! ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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