STORM2K

Posted: **Mon Oct 09, 2006 5:14 pm**

I hope this isn't considered political by this board's standards, as it doesn't deal with a hot political issue or a politician. I doubt a fight will break out over it.

I'm sure a lot of us here have seen Washington, DC's license plates which say "Taxation Without Representation" on them, and I've had discussions with people on the topic, so I thought I'd inquire here to see people's opinions.

Do you think DC, Puerto Rico, Guam, et al, should become states with full representation, electoral votes, etc?

Posted: **Mon Oct 09, 2006 5:49 pm**

yes, i do.

Posted: **Mon Oct 09, 2006 6:02 pm**

DC does have electoral votes i think, and PR should become a state

Posted: **Mon Oct 09, 2006 6:20 pm**

fact789 wrote:DC does have electoral votes i think, and PR should become a state

Yes to both. D.C. does have electoral votes(I think it's 3). It has always gone Democratic.

Posted: **Mon Oct 09, 2006 6:30 pm**

Yeah, it is three. But it doesn't have a Congressman or Senators

Posted: **Mon Oct 09, 2006 9:11 pm**

alicia-w wrote:yes, i do.

If the citizens of that country, island, whatever want to becme one.

Posted: **Mon Oct 09, 2006 9:53 pm**

DC, maybe. However, the others are up to their residents. Residents of PR and Guam do not pay federal inome taxes, so there is no taxation without representation issue there. IIRC, PR is split pretty evenly on the satehood issue. If PR became a state, it would be the poorest state by far, with the average income about one third that of Mississippi.