claim: "washington, d.c., now has greater population than wyoming and vermont, more active duty military than 29 states, more tax revenue than 29 states (and) a larger domestic product than 27 states."
author: facebook posts
evidence_1: jan 17, 2013 ... washington, d.c. now has a greater population than two states (wyoming and  vermont); more active duty military service members than 29 states, a larger  gross domestic product than 27 states, and more tax revenue going to the federal  government than 29 states. “taxation without representation?
evidence_2: aug 10, 2017 ... a number of states have recognized the historic opportunity and need for  infrastructure investments. for example, connecticut and washington are in the  early stages of multi-year transportation improvement initiatives. and more than  half of the states have raised their gas taxes, a key source of funds for ...
evidence_3: the national gang intelligence center (ngic) prepared the 2011 national gang  threat assessment (ngta) to examine emerging gang trends and threats posed  by criminal gangs .... there are approximately 1.4 million active street, prison,  and omg gang members comprising more than 33,000 gangs in the united  states.
evidence_4: it is the most perfect volcanic cone on earth, even more symmetrical than japan's  mount fuji. the chain of volcanoes extends to mount spurr, west of anchorage  on the mainland. geologists have identified alaska as part of wrangellia, a large  region consisting of multiple states and canadian provinces in the pacific ...
evidence_5: nov 17, 2011 ... spending as a percentage of the state's gross domestic product (13.9 percent). ....  fiscal year 2012,12. the district of columbia ranked fifth. it was also the highest  in per capita defense spending with more than $14,000 per year spent for ...  health care — more than half of all contract spending in the state.13.