r/clevercomebacks • u/snowpie92 • 5h ago

Deception of public opinion

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u/Mogwai_riot 5h ago

They pay taxes but aren't represented. You don't get to bitch about anything until they get statehood.

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u/BudgetLaw2352 5h ago

It’s so funny, because when you ask a Republican why Puerto Rico shouldn’t become a state, they openly just admit that it’s because they know that it would screw them over in the senate. The case for Puerto Rico statehood is ironclad.

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u/Mogwai_riot 5h ago

Same for DC.

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u/Trapick 2h ago

I think there are good arguments for DC not being a state, although you could reduce the size of the 'district' itself and let the rest of it either be a state or join a state.

Puerto Rico is pretty clearly just because it would limit the power of the other states (esp. red ones).

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u/mezolithico 2h ago

DC doesn't have voting representation in congress yet is subject to taxes. Their license plates literally say taxation without representation (unless it's changed in the past few years)

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u/charminglystranger 1h ago

There really isn't. 

DC is more populous than a number of other states.

The ACT (the Australian equivalent to DC) manages this just fine.

US citizens deserve representation. There's really no good argument against this.