tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post6289015270393405497..comments2024-03-24T19:55:32.537-05:00Comments on The View from This Seat: Taxation and RepresentationLKSeathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08860725174433173015noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-79864285273122263592016-07-05T17:20:48.757-05:002016-07-05T17:20:48.757-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Craig Dempseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00033176451913108084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-81294798039024655702016-07-05T17:19:35.639-05:002016-07-05T17:19:35.639-05:00Actually, that is the most obvious answer. Arlingt...Actually, that is the most obvious answer. Arlington County, Virginia, is the home of the Pentagon and a former part of Washington. Not imagining the future, Arlington was given back to Virginia on the assumption it would never be needed. I lived in Fairfax County, just outside Arlington, for several years. I never heard about any problems running the Pentagon in Virginia. The same thing could easily be done with the rest of Washington. Give the land back to Maryland, let the people be citizens of Maryland, and handle the property the same way the Pentagon is handled in Virginia. Indeed, there are Federal properties all over the country, one of which I worked in for years in Kansas City. The only reason Washington remains a political problem decade after decade is that the politicians want it that way.Craig Dempseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00033176451913108084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-77200430345645721982016-07-03T09:06:37.390-05:002016-07-03T09:06:37.390-05:00If its name as a state becomes "New Columbia,...If its name as a state becomes "New Columbia," then it will be inappropriate to call the capitol Washington D.C. It will be Washington, N.C. But wait, that puts it in North Carolina. Clif Hostetlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09192652526880912362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-26923156766147263652016-06-30T08:18:11.985-05:002016-06-30T08:18:11.985-05:00Another solution to the situation of taxation with...Another solution to the situation of taxation without representation in D.C. is to make the District a part of the state of Maryland. But that idea raises a different set of issues, so I think it is probably not the needed solution.LKSeathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08860725174433173015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-88955265409510829162016-06-30T08:13:06.883-05:002016-06-30T08:13:06.883-05:00Thinking Friend Eric Dollard, who always, happily,...Thinking Friend Eric Dollard, who always, happily, seems to have a great deal of pertinent knowledge to share, writes, <br /><br />"Thanks, Leroy, for your provocative comments.<br /><br />"Taxation without representation is certainly a sore point for our friends, who live in Washington DC. DC residents do have three electoral votes in presidential elections (under the 23rd amendment), but no voting representatives in Congress. (The DC has a nonvoting representative.) <br /><br />"Puerto Ricans pay no Federal income tax, but Puerto Rico has no electoral votes and no voting representatives in Congress. (As with the DC, Puerto Rico has a nonvoting representative.)<br /><br />"The DC could give up its electoral votes and be treated the same manner as Puerto Rico; that is, exempt from federal income taxes, but that would require the repeal of the 23rd amendment (not likely). The 16th amendment allows the federal government to levy taxes 'from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States.' The DC is not mentioned, so is the taxation of DC residents a violation of the 16th amendment? There has probably been a court ruling, but I do not know.<br /><br />"A possible compromise would be to allow the DC to have at least one voting representative in the House of Representatives, but no senators. The DC would then have representation without becoming a state, but this would require amending Article 1, section 2 of the Constitution since representatives can only be elected by the 'people of the several States."LKSeathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08860725174433173015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-5731960838294753552016-06-30T06:47:04.355-05:002016-06-30T06:47:04.355-05:00Very interesting, Leroy. Thanks. Many Americans, i...Very interesting, Leroy. Thanks. Many Americans, in part, because of this history don't recognize the importance of taxation.Anton Jacobshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17377655010541153458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-39098997730359889732016-06-30T05:43:49.800-05:002016-06-30T05:43:49.800-05:00Here is a recent article about what has been decid...Here is a recent article about what has been decided for the name of the new state if D.C. is given statehood: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/what-to-call-the-51st-state-district-leaders-settle-on-new-columbia/2016/06/29/b47d1b6a-3e04-11e6-80bc-d06711fd2125_story.htmlLKSeathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08860725174433173015noreply@blogger.com