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11 Dec 2008, 9:43 pm

Orwell wrote:
The_Cucumber wrote:
It's really an extension of the American Revolutionary saying "No taxation without representation!" (oddly this does not apply to the nation's capital which has neither voting representatives nor federal income tax exempt status, the city's local government actively protests this)

I believe DC gets a vote in the electoral college. Puerto Rico will never become a US state for just that reason- they want to avoid paying taxes, even though they get a good chunk of federal government money to keep them afloat.


DC gets 3 electoral votes


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