While you are at it, get rid of the 16th as well.
/johnny
Another "gift" of the early 20th century "progressives."
Current partisanship breakdown of the legislatures:
26 Republican-controlled Legislatures 15 Democratic-controlled Legislatures 8 Split Legislatures 1 Officially non-partisan (Nebraska)
I would think that getting rid of 17 is better than a new one allowing for repeal, since it’s harder to repeal than simply never pass in the first place.
The Senate, of course, is too lobby-driven instead of State-driven in their motives.
Regardless of what we do in changing government, we really need voters to have some sense.
I guess one Constitutional change that would help that would be making the voting age 21.
Of course, crazy as it sounds numerically, there would probably be nowhere near enough support for that to pass. Somehow mommy and daddy can’t be bothered to vote, but the kids can. Or perhaps Congress is just listening to lobbyists who want to sell kids things too much.
Maybe when the Federal government defaults on Treasuries, we can’t pay the military, Soc. Sec. checks all stop and we have double-digit interest rates and hyperinflation, the non-Freeper “parents” who “pay taxes and bills” will actually help vote out SEIU Congressman and elect some Freepers. Right now, they all think we’re “crazy”.