Talk:No taxation without representation

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RJJensen 11:12, 13 January 2009 (EST)

taxation without representation in America today

The citizens of the District of Columbia pay federal taxes, yet have no voting member of the House or Senate. The DC auto license plate displays the slogan 'taxation without representation' to call attention to this injustice. Less than half of DC citizens are federal employees, but even if all were, each federal taxpayer should have a representative in the Congress. This could be fixed by allowing DC to have one voting Representative (both Vermont and Wyoming have fewer voters, but get a Rep) and to vote for the Maryland Senators (DC land was originally part of Maryland anyway). Otherwise, fixing this injustice would require a Constitutional amendment.

DC was never intended to have the same rights as the states. See this article. --1990'sguy (talk) 15:13, 7 March 2018 (EST)