Comment on It's that time again

• starman2112@sh.itjust.works ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I distinctly remember writing some report about taxation without representation, thinking it was some super important American principle. I was real confused when I learned about Puerto Rico

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  • MBech@feddit.dk ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Different rules for brown people.

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  • captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It’s on DC license plates

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    • Varpeggio@lemmy.zip ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Wait, why?! DC doesn’t get proper representation. Or are you joking?

      In any case, to say the people of the 50 states are adequately represented is foolish.

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      • captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

        DC isn’t a state or in one. The original idea was that it wouldn’t be a meaningful permanent residence, but as the federal government grew it became a real major city with a lot of permanent residents.

        They have 1 non voting representative, no presence in the senate, and starting in 1961 they’ve had 3 electoral votes for president.

        Oh also in 1973 they were granted the right to elect a mayor and city council rather than being directly governed by the federal government. The federal government still has the constitutional power to overrule them and has done so several times.

        DC wants statehood, and I generally support it (alongside Puerto Rican statehood), but for DC even just giving them a single senator, true home rule off federal land, voting representatives proportional to population, and the ability to gain electoral votes as population grows would be huge.

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      • FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        DC, Puerto Rico, Samoa, Virgin Islands and Mariana Islands all pay taxes and have zero representation in congress.

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• merc@sh.itjust.works ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  alot of schools

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  • thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Language is fluid (fortunately|unfortunately)

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    • merc@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t fight to keep it mutually intelligible for all speakers/writers.

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      • thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

        What if I did a’lot is that better

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