Brkdncr@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoTIL: Washington DC license plates say "End Taxation Without Representation"en.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1401arrow-down16
arrow-up1395arrow-down1external-linkTIL: Washington DC license plates say "End Taxation Without Representation"en.m.wikipedia.orgBrkdncr@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square30fedilink
minus-squareDavel23@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up67·2 months agoThey used to just say “taxation without representation”.
minus-squareDavid_Eight@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoThat’s way more accurate. I don’t feel very represented and I still get taxed.
minus-squareCOASTER1921@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months 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-down1·2 months 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.