I live in the Philippines. There are thousands of U.S. citizens living here. We, or most of us are tax payers, yet we do not have governmental representation. Some will say you have the Embassy. But I cannot go to a Congressman/woman for answers. Why?
2007-02-26 20:50:38 · 5 answers · asked by canbarra 2 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
you are not a state of the union. i understand you, because it happens the same in Puerto Rico.. i was born in Texas, but not a resident of any state, so have no representative. only States.
if you are a citizen destined to Philippines due to military or government reasons, you can vote, and go to the embassy and ask
2007-02-26 20:56:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
United States citizens overseas are generally not well represented, although this would be a difficult task to take on. Up until recently, the District of Columbia, Washington D.C., had no representative in Congress, as they were not officially a part of any other state. This meant over half a million people were without representation within the United States itself.
Sadly, this is a problem that would be very difficult to fix. Overseas citizens in various countries have different issues, and it would be unfair to assign a Congressman/woman to handle all of these issues. At the same time, there are not enough citizens overseas in each nation to assign seperate members of Congress to, as that would either be highly out of proportion or inflate the House numbers to unmanagable levels.
In the end, the United States rewards citizens for living within its borders. If you have lived in the United States before, and claimed residency, you should be able to obtain an absentee ballot from your home state. If so, that would determine who you can go to for answers. Otherwise, there's not much that can be done simply by the structure of the bureaucracy.
2007-02-27 05:00:23 · answer #2 · answered by BDOLE 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes it sucks but don't fell bad look at DC. Our own capitol and know vote. But you do have delegate you can talk to and you will find her info at www.ushouse.gov. You can't vote because you guys are not a state you are a terreitory of ours. So you are still apart of the U.S.A. and a full citizen, but you are not a state, and our constitution stays that only states can have a binding vote in congess.
2007-02-27 06:21:27 · answer #3 · answered by norman2950 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You need to vote for statehood, once a state not only do you get representatives based on population but two senators and bonus
the flag suddenly gets a 51st star.
2007-02-27 05:08:48 · answer #4 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Move back
2007-02-27 05:08:31 · answer #5 · answered by SSDD 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋