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Most of the people living in DC work for the federal government either directly or indirectly. That represents a huge conflict of interest, and was the reason D
by knubie 5y ago
Most of the people living in DC work for the federal government either directly or indirectly. That represents a huge conflict of interest, and was the reason DC was created in the first place. No one lived in DC before it was created, so the people that have put down roots there did so knowing they wouldn't have representation in the federal government.
- oh_sigh 5y agoI don't think there is much of an ethical point to "Yeah you're disenfranchised but it was your great great great granddaddies choice!"
- belltaco 5y agoNot true, most of the federal workers living in the VA and MD suburbs. >Only about 1 in 6 of the 1.87 million civilian full-time federal employees live in the Washington, D.C. metro area, which includes Northern VA