So Congress is considering legislation that would give the District of Columbia a seat in Congress, because folks there have "taxation without representation." This has long been opposed by Republicans, because it would give the Dems a free seat in the House. Now a compromise has been proposed that would give Utah an additional congresscritter as well, since the people of Utah are sure to vote in a Republican!
So, what do you think? Does DC deserve a seat in the House? Is this compromise acceptable?
http://www.sltrib.com/utahpolitics/ci_5431018
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I'm not voting for Ron Paul because it's not expressly prescribed in the Constitution.
I am against this. First, it is flatly unconstitutional. What would they want next, two senators? If they want the representation of a state, then let them apply for statehood. Second, as a practical matter, the DC incumbent would be practically unbeatable by challengers. D.C. is administrated by Congress. If th DC congressman kept giving them cool stuff, there is little way the people would vote against him. Plus, there is no guarantee that Utah would elect a Republican.
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If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animated contest of freedom, go from us in peace. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen! - Samuel Adams
Wouldn't it take a constitutional amendment for this to happen? What about Guam, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Wake Island, etc. Shouldn't they get representation also? I say leave things as they are.
Unacceptable. The District of Columbia was set up for the very purpose that the capital city would not be able to have powers similar to a state. They have a local government, and they still vote for president, don't they? DC was not meant to be a city state.
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It seems to me the only thing you've learned is that Caesar is a "salad dressing dude."
1) If somebody in DC wants a Congresscritter to represent them, they can move out of the District. Nobody makes them live there.
2) They aren't a state, and weren't meant to be a state. It probably is unconstitutional.
3) Better solution: make DC a tax-free zone! All those run-down, scary neighborhoods would turn into real estate gold overnight! Watch it turn into Monaco on the Potomac!
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I'm not voting for Ron Paul because it's not expressly prescribed in the Constitution.
Then all the criminal element and the poor would be forced out as the city used the expanded eminent domain privileges upheld by the courts to take their homes in order to build high priced condos. Marion Barry would have to move somewhere else in order to buy crack and hold public office. That's a win win situation!
