03-11-2021, 07:57 PM
(03-11-2021, 06:44 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Which is why D.C. statehood is such a horrible idea. Giving one city the federal representation of a state is obviously outsized power. I've yet to hear an argument for why absorption into an existing state, which would solve all representation issues without providing D.C. undue influence at the Federal level, is less preferable than giving a single city two US Senators.
When an independent city has more people than at least two states, and then that city becomes a state itself, I fail to see the logic of an argument that their power would be outsized. If that many people are not worthy of that representation, then the next logical step would be for Wyoming and Vermont to be absorbed by neighboring states because them having that level of federal representation would be outsized power. If we're setting minimum requirements for states then we should start applying them universally.
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
