| − | The term has become common in popular usage to complain about exclusion from political participation, a distant and unreponsive government, or high taxes. It was used in the woman suffrage movement, for example, to decry the denial of the right to vote to females. In Washington DC, today, it is a powerful slogan that underscores the District's continuing lack of a vote in the US House, and any representation at all in the U.S. Senate, and appears as a motto on District license plates. | + | The term has become common in popular usage to complain about exclusion from political participation, a distant and unreponsive government, or high taxes. It was used in the woman suffrage movement, for example, to decry the denial of the right to vote to females. Today, the [[Tea Party Movement]] uses the powerful slogan that underscores Washington D.C.'s continued lack of fiscal restraint and less than true representation of the people. Also, it appears as a motto on District license plates. |