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David Nixon wrote:
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> On Wed, 12 Feb 1997 00:52:07 GMT, whiteside@mindspring.com (John
> Whiteside) wrote:
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> >Hellbringer@DeathsDoor.Com (David Nixon) wrote:
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> >>Notice that I did not use the "taxation without representation"
> >>argument.  Some of use can look beyond that.
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> >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.
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> 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?
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> >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.
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> 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.

David Nixon, this may be madness but it is a _divine_ madness. If a fit
of total whimsey, I propose exactly that. Washington DC should be
divided according to all of the avenues named after all of the several
states, and within one block of most of those avenues, or a reasonable
portion thereof, it should be considered an embassadorial zone for that
state, with visiting officers from those states considered to be equally
entitled to work and carry (concealed even) with the officers of the
Metro PD. And they can all coordinate with each other on boundary zones.
Intersections of State avenues could serve as "neutral ground"
interfaces between various state trade groups, and also with the
international community doing business in and about DC.

Of course this is just a rough draft but it has some merit. Why
retrocede the District to Maryland when you could retrocede it to _all_
of the States? As opposed to merely Federalizing it...

You know, you might be a genius.

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> >And there are plenty of more sound arguments against commuter taxes
> >anyhow.
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> >  * * *     John Whiteside
> >  -----     Washington DC USA
> >  -----     whiteside@mindspring.com
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> David Nixon
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> DC - The impossible is often the untried. -Jim Goodwin

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