Posted on 01/19/2013 1:35:02 PM PST by Libloather
President Obama’s motorcade sported “Taxation Without Representation” license plates for the first time on Saturday.
As part of the National Day of Service kicking of a weekend of inaugural events, the president has traveled to the Burrville Elementary School in Northeast Washington to participate in a City Year service project. Three vans in Obama’s motorcade were outfitted with the unique D.C. license plates as the president traveled to the school, according to a White House pool reporter.
The reporter said other vehicles in the motorcade had Maryland, Virginia or U.S. government plates.
The White House decision earlier this week to use the license plates was considered a victory for D.C. statehood advocates. Obama had avoided using the plates during his first term as president.
“President Obama has lived in the District now for four years, and has seen first-hand how patently unfair it is for working families in D.C. to work hard, raise children and pay taxes, without having a vote in Congress,” the White House said in a statement earlier this week.
Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) is the District’s sole representative on Capitol Hill. Norton is a “non-voting” member who can only vote on legislation during committee hearings.
What a lie.DC has a representative in the house the house IS in charge of taxes.
For a good part of the country it’s Representation without Taxation.
“President Obama has lived in the District now for four years, and has seen first-hand how patently unfair it is for working families in D.C. to work hard, raise children and pay taxes, without having a vote in Congress,” the White House said in a statement earlier this week.
Pathetic, childish and silly.
Feel free to amend The Constitution and The Residence Act.
Should be what it always was , “Taxation without representation is tyranny!”
Correct, except for gross receipts, excise, real estate, traffic tickets, parking tickets, etc.
Thinking that one can tax onesself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle
Here’s my response to the whining; MOVE OUT!
They could always move.
Besides, I’m sure around 50% of D.C. residents have no idea of what this is even about.
Yep
Who in DC pays taxes? Certainly very few of “Holder’s People”
Thanks Libloather.
As things stand now and for all intents and purposes ALL Americans that are supposedly represented by the House of Representatives are being taxed without representation.
As long as the Senate continues to hold the appropriations budgeting process hostage and President Obama continues to spend under continuing resolutions based upon a long ago passed bloated Democrat budget with automatic increases built into it MY REPRESENTATION on fiscal matters and my IDEAS are not being heard or given action.
The results of the 2010 elections have been effectively set aside by the leftist ruling class UNTIL a budget is passed and my Representatives participate in the process of passing it!
All Republicans need to be screaming this message for all to hear -loud and clear. No Debt Limit Increase UNTIL REPRESENTATION is returned to the People as per the Constitution.
Eleanor Holmes Norton is a leftist pig feeding at the government trough.
It should say, “No representation without taxation.”, lord knows enough of his base doesn`t pay THEIR FAIR SHARE, but get plenty of our taxes in “gubmint handouts”.
so he’s admitting obamacare was rammed through without any time to read it, much less amend it?
We saw those plates in DC - DC still wants to be a state!
They just don’t get it that they live in a place that was always intended to be NEUTRAL!
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