The Anti-Sam Brownback Blog

When I wash new clothes for the first time, I always test the detergent on a small piece of unimportant, hidden fabric inside the clothing. If the detergent reacts badly, I wouldn’t want to ruin a part of the clothing that can be seen. I don’t care about the test patch.

Senator Sam Brownback feels much the same way about Washington DC. Whenever he latches on to a crazy idea, he loves to attempt to foist it upon DC. In his eyes, they aren’t clever enough to come up with their own ideas. They need a Kansas Senator to show them the correct way of running their city.

This time, it is a flat tax. I don’t have time at the moment to discuss the merits (or lack thereof) of a flat tax, but I do think that Brownback should not use DC as his unwanted scrap of test cloth. I agree with the Mayor of DC:

The Democratic mayor of the District of Columbia, Anthony Williams, said in an e-mailed statement: “Leaving aside the merits of this proposal, we continue to resist any efforts on the part of any member of Congress to impose rules and regulations on the people of the District.”

Let the people of DC decide for themselves how they want to govern. Give them representation.