Posted on 12/04/2014 6:37:59 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
California doesn’t have 40 Millions Liberals.
It’s about 60/40 right now, which means there are about 16 million conservatives. Probably the equalivent of 1/2 a dozen or more Mid-West Red states.
California was shifted to the left by immigration.
In case you haven’t noticed but the California plan is being imposed on the rest of the nation.
Won’t be too long before you state is as looney as California.
well said.
Ping to read tomorrow.
Agreed.
BTW, under the old system (pre-17th Amendment), there would probably be even more GOP Senators.
And combined with that, and even worse, was the creation of the Federal Reserve.
Progressive government then had control over the money supply and interest rates. No expensive social-engineering scheme need ever go wanting.
Might as well disolve the senate and add two more house seats for each state....
Also the 17th has led to an apathy in the population about picking people for the state houses...
It was another ploy of centralization by the (p) regressives.
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It isn't in the interest of a senator to look out for his state.
It is however, very much in his interest to become a demagogue, appeal to the base motives of the people, in order to remain in office.
Right. Just as liberals in Congress are concerned about preventing expansion of judicial and presidential power that infringes on that of Congress.
Oh, wait...
Sorry, but inflation, growth in population and in size of the economy all make this statement meaningless.
A more rational comparison is of debt to gdp. Which is bad enough.
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/11/the-long-story-of-us-debt-from-1790-to-2011-in-1-little-chart/265185/
The government of our republic differed from all those previous, in that it acts not just directly on the people, but also on member republics, the states.
Until 1913, both the people and states were represented in the law making body, congress. That made perfect sense and was/is absolutely necessary to republican government.
Post 1913, the states are not represented in a government that acts on them! In order to remain internally consistent with republican theory, every clause which dealt with the states should have been repealed along with the 17th. That of course is impossible, for our system has the people/states/national entities intertwined in their duties.
The 17th left behind a federal constitution without a federal government!
Also, check out the last clause of Article V. “ . . . and that no State, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate.” From Wiki, FL, GA, KY, MS, SC, and VA have not ratified the 17th. The 17th was another insult from the victors of the Civil War. The legislatures of these states should still appoint their senators.
The feds never "took land away from Utah." They just retained title to land that private citizens didn't buy, as in other states.
Most federal land, in Utah and elsewhere, was up for sale through the mid-20th century.
BTW, this was part of the Enabling Act by which Congress authorized entry of Utah as a state.
That the people inhabiting said proposed State do agree and declare that they forever disclaim all right and title to the unappropriated public lands lying within the boundaries thereof;... and that until the title thereto shall have been extinguished by the United States, the same shall be and remain subject to the disposition of the United States
http://archives.utah.gov/research/exhibits/Statehood/1894text.htm
What part of "forever" does Utah not understand?
Can anybody here demonstrate the 17thj Amendment was even Ratified??
http://www.newswithviews.com/Devvy/kidd522.htm
There are numerous articles with tons of evidence that it never was. My First inkling was while watching CSPAN years ago and a show came on called:
“The Law that Never Was” He showed on CSPAN LIVE that the 16th Amendment was NEVER RATIFIED and he had the Certified State Documents to Prove it, they shut him down years later for distributing this information, even though it was this EVIDENCE that WON his Case against the IRS.
Oh, really? Worship of Big Nanny has become an epidemic. Besides, that's where the really big bucks are located.
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