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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 210202, member: 66&quot;]There is a reason why DC isn&#039;t a state.&nbsp; Back in the 1790 it was thought that it wouldn&#039;t be a good idea to have the nations capital to be within any one state and potentially be &quot;hostage&quot; to any one state, or area.&nbsp; It was afraid that if it was in the industial north tarrifs and cost for manufactured goods would be high, and the south might face retalitory tariffs for their agricultural products.&nbsp; And of course if it was in the south the manufactures in the north were afraid they would suffer.&nbsp; Then of course there was the question of slavery as well.&nbsp; So a comporomise was reached where VA and MD each donated land to create a 10 square mile &quot;District&quot; that would not be under the control of any state and which would handle its own affairs.&nbsp; And to keep the people their from having undue influence over the government the District would not have representation in Congress and those living there would not have voting rights.&nbsp; Now since then they have gained non-voting representaion, and they have gotten the right to vote&nbsp; for President and thier representatives.</p><p><br /></p><p>If it became a state I think we could really see a lot of pork spending in DC because it would not only beeifit the representatives from DC for re-election, but it would also be a plum for all the other Congressmen and Senators who live there and often retire there once they leave office.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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