Washington, DC has no voting rights in the Congress and Senate, and just this past week the White House cited (again) that it may be unconstitutional for a non-state to have a vote in Congress. However, DC residents pay full FEDERAL income taxes just like those in any state.
This sounds an awful lot like the political atmosphere in 1776 when the colonies were not given British voting rights, but were forced to pay taxes, simply because they were labeled "colonies". It seems strange to me that the original framers of the Constitution did not have this concern in mind when drafting it!
So, do DC residents have to pay federal taxes? Should they?
2007-03-17
17:14:32
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Gil w
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Politics & Government
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To clarify, the question is not about whether DC should have Congressional representation or whether DC residents should pay federal taxes at all. I'm asking whether about whether they should pay federal taxes in spite of having no congressional representation -- and particularly in the light of the reason this country was founded in the first place. Y'all know my answer, but I'm looking for a good reason why I'm wrong.
2007-03-18
08:13:27 ·
update #1