Brkdncr@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoTIL: Washington DC license plates say "End Taxation Without Representation"en.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1410arrow-down16
arrow-up1404arrow-down1external-linkTIL: Washington DC license plates say "End Taxation Without Representation"en.m.wikipedia.orgBrkdncr@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square31fedilink
minus-squareDavel23@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up68·8 days agoThey used to just say “taxation without representation”.
minus-squareDavid_Eight@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 days agoThat’s way more accurate. I don’t feel very represented and I still get taxed.
minus-squareCOASTER1921@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 days agoYou can still request the old plates, but nobody does. DC residents who aren’t in politics are incredibly politically homogenous. You would think the rest of the country would take that as a clue about how things actually work there…
minus-squareLemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·7 days agoThank you. I had to rub my eyes and make sure I wasn’t imagining things.
They used to just say “taxation without representation”.
That’s way more accurate. I don’t feel very represented and I still get taxed.
You can still request the old plates, but nobody does. DC residents who aren’t in politics are incredibly politically homogenous. You would think the rest of the country would take that as a clue about how things actually work there…
Thank you. I had to rub my eyes and make sure I wasn’t imagining things.