DC government almost feels like playing house to me. We’ve got a fair amount of self rule, but pretty much at any time and for any reason, Congress can step in to review and overturn laws passed by the District government. That’s the very much not fun part of living in DC. Oh yeah, and paying taxes for no representation. That’s pretty awesome too. (So shut the fuck up the rest of you whiny Americans.)
Note: I’m not dismayed by the fact that I pay taxes and don’t see representation on a National level. (Although I’ve heard some Congresspeople say that the District has 535 representatives. You know, each person in Congress. Because we elected them there and they’re accountable to us… but I digress…) I’m not dismayed by paying taxes because I know that some of those taxes go to important services that we expect from our government. Services that I think a decent portion of our country believes should somehow be offered for free. I’m still trying to figure that one out.