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Washington, DC Statehood – the New 51st State

Washington, D.C. is often mentioned as the most likely candidate for statehood alongside Puerto Rico, although Wikipedia claims that the Caribbean island is the most likely candidate.  Residents of Puerto Rico are U.S. citizens, but they don’t pay taxes and are unable to vote in presidential elections.

Statehood for Washington DC?

Other states that were recently added to the United States include Hawaii and Alaska.  Whether or not Washington DC will become the 51st or 52nd State is likely to happen at some point, although exactly how long it will take remains to be seen. Certain press venues including Mother Jones have even cited that President Barack Obama is a supporter of Washington DC becoming the 51st State.  Many sources have also been cited that if granted statehood, the name of Washington DC would become “New Columbia.”

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Tampa Corporate Housing & Furnished Apartments

One of the advantages of staying is Tampa for corporate or government travel is the wide range of furnished Corporate Housing options. The bay area has no shortage of furnished condos or apartments because of the high volume of business travelers and vacationers looking to take a trip down south to warm up by the beach instead of the fireplace. The Tampa area has lured companies to the area for years.

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Corporate Housing Reservation Software

Furnished Rental Reservation Software

Over the next several weeks TDY Lodging will be implementing a new and improved Corporate Housing Reservation Software provided by California based Real Estate Asset Management company iRent.  TDY Lodging was selected as part of the pilot program for the Corporate Housing Reservation System software provided by iRent as part of their beta release.

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New Military Retirement System – Under Fire

New Proposed Military Retirement System

Recent discussion throughout the Department of Defense and Congress has indicated that lawmakers may soon revamp military retired pay to make the traditional military retirement system more like a 401K IRA type of system.

This has military service members, Veterans groups, and much of the local populace up in arms (and rightfully so) wondering what Congress is thinking…especially at a time when Congress is at an all time low as far as numbers of Veterans serving in the House or Senate…when they have voted themselves into their own Congressional Retirement System, and when public approval ratings of Congress is at an all time low.  Even congressman Ron Paul refused to participate in the congressional pension system, labeling it as being “immoral”.

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