Adding any new state is politically difficult, especially because each state has two senators. I believe it is also true that many of those who live in US territories, not, including Washington DC, don’t pay federal taxes at the same rate as the rest of us. I’m not sure if they want full citizenship if they have to pay full tax rates.
In the case of Washington DC, most, if not all of the territory, with the exception of the land, on which sets the capital and the White House, may be a little more, should be returned to the states from which they were originally taken. Washington DC should not be a new state.
Puerto Rico has voted to become a state several times recently. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rico_statehood_movement I'm sure they have some idea what that will do to their taxes as well as their benefits; it looks like figuring out all income sources individually can be a pretty big pain at the moment, especially for self-employed filers. https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc901
I disagree with you about D.C., but a healthy debate about how to ensure full citizenship for those citizens is itself a better starting point than we've had in a long time.
Adding any new state is politically difficult, especially because each state has two senators. I believe it is also true that many of those who live in US territories, not, including Washington DC, don’t pay federal taxes at the same rate as the rest of us. I’m not sure if they want full citizenship if they have to pay full tax rates.
In the case of Washington DC, most, if not all of the territory, with the exception of the land, on which sets the capital and the White House, may be a little more, should be returned to the states from which they were originally taken. Washington DC should not be a new state.
Puerto Rico has voted to become a state several times recently. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rico_statehood_movement I'm sure they have some idea what that will do to their taxes as well as their benefits; it looks like figuring out all income sources individually can be a pretty big pain at the moment, especially for self-employed filers. https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc901
I disagree with you about D.C., but a healthy debate about how to ensure full citizenship for those citizens is itself a better starting point than we've had in a long time.
-Kelcey