When I'm thinking back, I'll remember

[citizenx]

On the drive to work today, I spied my first Washington, D.C. license plate. At the bottom of the plate, where a state motto or slogan might be found, were the words "TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION

Comments

[salome_st_john]

I used to live in DC and the plate just says TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION. The problem, I think, is that the "NO" doesn't fit. Otherwise you'd have to use a font so small that people would wonder what it said.

It's supposed to be a protest, not a brag. The idea was to highlight the injustice - to alert everyone to the fact that taxation without representation exists - and to try and mobilize people to act/vote (see press release at DC Vote).

Protest. Brag. What's the difference?

[citizenx]

The problem, I think, is that the "NO" doesn't fit.

This reminded me of a college friend who was fond of saying "The license plates say 'Oklahoma is OK' because 'mediocre' is too long."

[kaliganges]

It's that DC is subject to federal taxes but has no representative vote in Congress.