Imagine . . .

Just imagine…

that both your state and your local community were completely controlled by outsiders,
from far away….

that any decision your state and local elected leaders made could be vetoed by those same outsiders, from far away…

that your state and local elected leaders couldn’t even spend your own local tax money without those same outsiders’ permission…

that you had no Senators to represent your interests…

that your delegate to congress, alone among the 435 others, was not allowed to vote…

that when decisions were made about national affairs, you, your state, and your community had no voice, and no vote…

that your own state and local leaders were even forbidden, by those same outsiders from far away, from spending your own local money to propose a change to this situation…

and, that those same outsiders from far away could even ABOLISH your own state and local elected leadership, and run things themselves, whenever they chose, without your consent…


Congratulations!

You’ve just imagined how the over half a million ordinary Americans who are day to day residents of Washington DC are forced to live!

But is this really how a democracy should work…?

Should Congress (or anyone else) have the power to rule “in all cases whatsoever” over “free” American citizens, when those “free” Americans have no say whatsoever?

Does “just” power really derive from “the consent of the governed”?

Can you really be called “free” if someone rules over you “in all cases whatsoever”, and you have no say whatsoever?

If someone rules over you “in all cases whatsoever,” isn’t that really called… “slavery”?