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Those that had cranes on top of their buildings to expand, while the rest of the country was in decline.

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So, you think that because they were under construction, therefore they must have been paid for with tax dollars?

Your argument doesn’t make any sense.

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Yeah…I know.

89

Well, at least you admit it.

90

Corporations are people too.

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There’s no possibility we’d ever move the whole gov’t out of DC.

The only way DC could be given statehood would be through a constitutional amendment since it is The Constitution itself which created it as the “Federal District”.

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Reduce the size of the federal district to the National Mall and other federal buildings. There is precedent for reducing its size. Instead of ceding the land to Maryland or Virginia, the remaining land could become a new state. I’m sure most people in Maryland and Virginia would not have a problem with that.

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Not without a constitutional amendment. Do what you suggest would be found unconstitutional as it would specifically undermine the purpose of the creation of the Federal District.

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Where there’s a will, there’s a way. Look at the Tennessee model:

Aides to Bowser said a broader push for statehood would follow a process known as the “Tennessee model.” When Tennessee was admitted to the union as the 16th state, it was a federal territory, much like the nation’s capital. Congress agreed to allow Tennessee to become a state without ratification by the existing states. Instead, it required a vote of residents in the territory to approve a state constitution and a pledge to form a republic-style government.

Democrats should have done in 2009 but were to scared politically. They lost anyway in 2010.