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On Wed, 12 Feb 1997 00:52:07 GMT, whiteside@mindspring.com (John
Whiteside) wrote:

>Hellbringer@DeathsDoor.Com (David Nixon) wrote:
>
>>Notice that I did not use the "taxation without representation"
>>argument.  Some of use can look beyond that.
>
>It's a bogus argument. If you work in a jurisdiction of which you are
>not a citizen, you may have to pay taxes to it. Non-resident income
>taxes are very common; Massachusetts, the last state where I lived,
>had one; so does New York State; so does New York City. 

Just curious, any idea how much David Letterman pays to the City and
state of NY in income taxes.  He does live in Conn., does he not?

>It's not at all analogous to the situation of DC residents, who are US
>citizens, but are not represented in the national legislature. If we
>were all citizens of some other country, there would be parallel. 

That fact, sadly, is true.  We both know that there is historical
precedent to not giving DC full congressional representation, and with
acceptance of the proposal for Federal take over of City services and
maintenance will further seal that line of thought.  What possible
future is there for DC if the proposal is accepted?  It could lead to
total federal take over.  DC being split between Va and Md while
Congress maintains control of the Federal infrastructure.  Another
possibility, (this one is drug induced), is that each state is given a
section of DC to house its representatives, workers, office space,
etc.  Just imagine the commuter tax debate then.    

>And there are plenty of more sound arguments against commuter taxes
>anyhow. 
>
>
>  * * *     John Whiteside
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>  -----     whiteside@mindspring.com
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David Nixon

DC - The impossible is often the untried. -Jim Goodwin