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Given that 100 percent of the territory that now constitutes the federal district was ceded to the national government by the state of Maryland, why should the federal government not retrocede to Maryland all of the district that is not currently occupied by the actual seat of the government, retaining only the facilities on or immediately adjacent to the Mall, such as the Capitol Building; the Supreme Court; the White House; the Library of Congress; and the monuments, parks, museums, administrative offices, and buildings currently owned or operated by the federal government?

One major flaw in that plan. The occupants of the White House, as the sole residents of the 'new' DC, would still be entitled to their very own Delegate in the House of Representatives. That's a mighty big imbalance right there. Any proposal should include the removal of that representation so that is no longer the case.

> Given that 100 percent of the territory that now constitutes the federal district was ceded to the national government by the state of Maryland, why should the federal government not retrocede to Maryland all of the district that is not currently occupied by the actual seat of the government, retaining only the facilities on or immediately adjacent to the Mall, such as the Capitol Building; the Supreme Court; the White House; the Library of Congress; and the monuments, parks, museums, administrative offices, and buildings currently owned or operated by the federal government? One major flaw in that plan. The occupants of the White House, as the sole residents of the 'new' DC, would still be entitled to their very own Delegate in the House of Representatives. That's a mighty big imbalance right there. Any proposal should include the removal of that representation so that is no longer the case.

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So all the cleaning, road maintenance, and repairs are done by Maryland, and all the power is retained by DC. Yeah, nothing to see here /s

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All of the roads, etc. would be part of Maryland. Who else should maintain them?

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If DC owns and uses a piece of land, is up to DC to fix and maintain, NOT Maryland. Maryland is a commie dump yes, but at this point DC would have another state fix everything and maintain all power for itself. Compared to now, where DC needs to collect taxes to actually do maintenance

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Oh, I see what you mean. Yes, DC would be responsible for maintaining the land it occupies. DC collects *plenty" of taxes already. Some of them can be used to maintain the infrastructure.
Hell, my proposal would be very different from this one. It would include relocating most of the federal agencies out of DC and the adjacent area to states where it would be more practical.