To fellow 'Muricans, Happy 4th!
Rain or shine, fireworks forth!
Where are you from again? Not sure if you have mentioned. For sure tonight, i will be hearing lots of loud noises from the sky.
If I haven't introduced myself, greetings from DC! The District sure is ready to brace the rain and fireworks.
Cool. Is DC going to become its own state or just talk and rumors? Just saw a news article on Yahoo talking about DC might become a state.
Ah yeah, there was a city vote last month about DC's statehood. Well, the talk's been around forever. Afaik the discussion about DC's statehood always revolves around the fact that we only have no-voting reps in the House of Reps and no reps at all in the Senate despite paying one of the nation's highest taxes. (DC residents in general get as much, if not more, public facilities than other states' (I might be wrong on this, tbh) such as free gyms, GRE preps, cram schools, etc, but I guess the haves who pay high taxes don't care about these programs? Figures.)
Historically the land was given by MD (and VA, but VA's part was returned in mid 1800's) to the federal gov't to be an independent seat of the gov't, but basically the District only has Washington (and that's mainly the National Mall area for you, haha). If DC were to become a state, we'll need (a) approval from MD, I think (it's in the Constitution. Fuck if I know) and (b) enact commuter tax for those who reside outside DC but work in DC. Also, I think the GOP is torn in supporting the cause since, well, it's more likely DC will have Dem senators.
Most of us support statehood but for now, it's
#rantdone