What are the motives for supporting such a move by Democrats? Sundance from the “Last Refuge” shares his views. IMO, if this was even a issue, such as having representation the common sense thing to do is hand it (DC) over back to Maryland, not only would it be cost effective but would redress the issue of proper representation under statehood. Democrats of course are not for the common sense solution when political gamesmanship is a higher priority.
Washington DC was not established as a state for the exact reason why Speaker Pelosi and House Democrats are trying to gain statehood for Washington DC; absolute corruption and power, it’s a self-fulfilling proposition. Pelosi is now trying to cloud the latest effort under the false pretense of civil rights; but civil rights has nothing to do with it.
House Democrats Pass Bill to Make DC the 51st State
This is nothing but an attempt to grab power and load up the house and senate with Democrats. While it’s newsworthy, it’s not something anyone should worry about since there’s not a cold chance in hell that this is ever going to pass the Senate. They can cry about racism and everything else but it has nothing to do with that. The founders specifically prohibited DC from becoming a state.
The Founding Fathers decided that the new nation should have a permanent capital. But they were reluctant to give that much power to one single state. So they in Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution that “The Congress shall have Power To exercise exclusive Legislation…over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may…become the Seat of the Government of the United States.”
The article also stated that this 100-mile district would come from land ceded by the states so that the new seat of government would be independent of any state.
If the President of the United States, the most powerful position in government, is not permitted to serve longer than eight years…then neither should any congressman or senator.
So many of America’s problems would be attenuated by simply applying the same standard.
The senate by design is supposed to span presidencies. It keeps the nation on a more even keep and prevents to a large extent changes from taking place so rapidly that the public revolts.
It also helps to ensure that neither branch can dominate the others.
