Washington D.C. question?
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techno
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It's none of those. It is, as the name implies, a federal district. It was originally a city called Washington in the Territory of Columbia, but they merged to form a district. It's called a district because the constitution requires one to serve as the permanent national capital. It's kind of weird, but hey, this is America...
bulldogtaxi
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It is a clusterFu#$ at 5:00am every morning.:lookout:
Jeff Kleb
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The reason they print that on their license plates is because DC doesn't have a representative in the US Congress, even though they pay federal income taxes in the district. There is a delegate - Elanor Holmes Norton - but she (THANK GOD!) does not have a vote. DC has no vote in the US Senate, either (another good thing). DC residents can, however, vote in presidential elections.
Can you imagine what kind of person that DC residents would elect to be their senators? Probably Jesse Jackson and Marion Barry. LOL! Obviously, this is one reason that many Democrats favor DC statehood - three additonal Democrat seats on Capitol Hill {1 House, 2 Senate}; not because it might actually favor any of their citizens.
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DC is a nice place to visit - but I doubt I would ever want to live there. DC officials (from the mayor on down to city council members) harbor contempt for the Second Amendment and our rights as free citizens to defend ourselves; so I doubt any other part of the US Constitution mean much to them, either.
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"A man with a gun is a citizen. A man without one is but a subject."
The reason they print that on their license plates is because DC doesn't have a representative in the US Congress, even though they pay federal income taxes in the district. There is a delegate - Elanor Holmes Norton - but she (THANK GOD!) does not have a vote. DC has no vote in the US Senate, either (another good thing). DC residents can, however, vote in presidential elections.
Can you imagine what kind of person that DC residents would elect to be their senators? Probably Jesse Jackson and Marion Barry. LOL! Obviously, this is one reason that many Democrats favor DC statehood - three additonal Democrat seats on Capitol Hill {1 House, 2 Senate}; not because it might actually favor any of their citizens.
:nerd:
DC is a nice place to visit - but I doubt I would ever want to live there. DC officials (from the mayor on down to city council members) harbor contempt for the Second Amendment and our rights as free citizens to defend ourselves; so I doubt any other part of the US Constitution mean much to them, either.
:sniper:
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"A man with a gun is a citizen. A man without one is but a subject."
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KellyJ
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Thanks, didn't know some of that. I went to high school in D.C. for four years and yeah, I can see why poeple would say it's a nice place to visit but wouldn't want to live there (with a few exceptions like Adams Morgan, Chevy Chase or Tenleytown). Living 20 minutes outside downtown in the VA suburbs is much more appealing
