Originally Posted by
Ziemas
You can vote in presidential and local elections in DC, but you don't get any representation in Congress. Of course DC residents pay US federal taxes.
In
PR you don't pay US federal taxes, have no representation in Congress, can't vote for president, but are a US citizen.
And as friends in
PR tell me, it's one of the few times the US government is consistent with the founding fathers: no taxation without representation.
