D.C. Drive For Statehood Reminds Us Of What's Gone Wrong With Our Country

The drive to make D.C. America's 51st state isn't new.

While the Democrats and the media put everything they have into dividing the country, allow us to shine a light on what many are missing: When Washington, D.C., was established as the nation's capital, the founders didn't foresee it being a city of permanent residents and the base for an intrusive leviathan command center.

The question of statehood reminds us that D.C. has become an unchecked political force.

"Nothing is more toxic to a nation's liberty than the increase and concentration of power," political historian and president emeritus of the Foundation for Economic Education Lawrence Reed tells I&I. "Nothing is more poisonous to a person's character than the lust for that power. Make no mistake: The D.C. statehood idea is all these objectionable things wrapped up in one package - a lust for more power by people who think power is more important than either the nation's liberty or even their own personal character."

Congress, not a governor and state-elected legislature, was to "Exercise 'exclusive' jurisdiction over that district, thus keeping the federal government from being dependent on any particular state - and, equally important, so that no state would be either dependent on the federal government or disproportionately influential on that government."

If Democrats were truly interested in district statehood for objective reasons, they would also support the addition of a 52nd state for purpose of balance.

When the country last added states, the Democrats favored Alaska, Republicans Hawaii.

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