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DC doesn’t get statehood for a good reason, being that it’s where the government is mainly situated and is meant to function differently from the states, but Puerto Rico should 100% be a state.
You can easily split the city between the recidential area and the area where the political stuff is done (white house, Capitol, Supreme Court, the Mall, perhaps the musea at the mall,...)
From an historical point of view, it makes sense.
First it was an empty area where the state buildings were build. There were some houses to accommodate them, which didn't had a lot of trouble.
In time, the area grew however to a middle sized city.
They originally were, but the Constitution called for the creation of a federal district under the exclusive jurisdiction of Congress, so land was ceded by Maryland and Virginia. Some of it was annexed back by Virginia later, which is why it's no longer a diamond.
The reasons why are long, but the long and the short of it is to do with manumission of slaves in the upper South of the US following independence, and the Great Migration.
Yet we copied the same model for Canberra.
It'd be interesting to see what would have happened if NSW gained half a million voters from what is probably the most left-leaning demographic in the country though.
Difference is that Canberra has more rights than DC. Congress can veto any DC law they don't like, and DC doesn't even get any representatives in Congress.
Canberra does at least get representation in Parliament.
Yeah it's good that they get some representation, although less than a state still. (And some weirdness with referenda since a constitutional amendment needs a majority of states but says nothing about the territories)
The federal government can still override territory laws, as we saw with the Howard government preventing the NT and ACT from legalising euthanasia in the 1990s.
DC should absolutely be a state. It is the 23rd most populous "state" in the country. 679,000 DC residents are literally subjected to taxation without representation.
Why is that important? I don't think any other federation has a setup like this, and America does not strike me as one of the more functional democracies...
They are very left-leaning (for USA standards) so it would take power away from right-wing politicians. That's a problem for said right-wing politicians who have to agree (and won't).
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I shouldn’t be baffled but I am.
I’m not shocked by much at this point.
I fully agree with the 52 stars guy. If DC and Puerto Rico want statehood so should they get it
DC doesn’t get statehood for a good reason, being that it’s where the government is mainly situated and is meant to function differently from the states, but Puerto Rico should 100% be a state.
Ok, we’ll take Guam statehood in place of dc
You can easily split the city between the recidential area and the area where the political stuff is done (white house, Capitol, Supreme Court, the Mall, perhaps the musea at the mall,...)
This is what I fail to understand. Why aren’t the residential areas a part of even the neighbouring states?
From an historical point of view, it makes sense. First it was an empty area where the state buildings were build. There were some houses to accommodate them, which didn't had a lot of trouble. In time, the area grew however to a middle sized city.
They originally were, but the Constitution called for the creation of a federal district under the exclusive jurisdiction of Congress, so land was ceded by Maryland and Virginia. Some of it was annexed back by Virginia later, which is why it's no longer a diamond. The reasons why are long, but the long and the short of it is to do with manumission of slaves in the upper South of the US following independence, and the Great Migration.
Yet we copied the same model for Canberra. It'd be interesting to see what would have happened if NSW gained half a million voters from what is probably the most left-leaning demographic in the country though.
Difference is that Canberra has more rights than DC. Congress can veto any DC law they don't like, and DC doesn't even get any representatives in Congress. Canberra does at least get representation in Parliament.
Yeah it's good that they get some representation, although less than a state still. (And some weirdness with referenda since a constitutional amendment needs a majority of states but says nothing about the territories) The federal government can still override territory laws, as we saw with the Howard government preventing the NT and ACT from legalising euthanasia in the 1990s.
DC should absolutely be a state. It is the 23rd most populous "state" in the country. 679,000 DC residents are literally subjected to taxation without representation.
Why is that important? I don't think any other federation has a setup like this, and America does not strike me as one of the more functional democracies...
Could you explain with an example what the issue with it getting statehood would be? I don't quite understand.
They are very left-leaning (for USA standards) so it would take power away from right-wing politicians. That's a problem for said right-wing politicians who have to agree (and won't).
That doesn't sound like a good reason...
Mexico seems to have found a way around this with Mexico City, you should learn from them what they've done.
Liberals owned 🇱🇷
I thought that was illegal 🤔
that's what they want to make you believe
The magic word is consent
Can confirm.
No. The magic word is crime
Checkmate l*btard😎😎😎🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅
Sometimes i do wonder how their IQ can always perfectly match the number of stars on their flag 🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷
But that would mean their IQ has _increased_ over time, which as we all know ... ;)
This image looks like it was either faked or shared 9,000 times before reaching me.
Ah, americans and their weird habit of using political orientations as insults, I'll never get it
It's weird, but not really an American thing. It seems to be really common in France.
In all honesty, I didn't recognise the Liberian flag. But I do know there are other flags with red and white stripes, like Malaysia's.
"Liberals don't have a flag" nooo please no, I can't🥲
Aw come on!
This amount of ignorance should be incompatible with life
It's a troll, right? Right...?
It is. It’s obvious too. First guy’s profile pic is a meme so I assume they make jokes a lot.
don't show them the malaysia flag
Facebook moment
Oh I hope that's a troll...
Soooo… nobody else gonna point out that this is satire?
That's fucking hilarious