[djreece]

So if my math and understanding of their formula is correct, the Founding Fathers would have wanted us today to have 1,558 Congressional representatives, each representing 180,000 people.

[metesky]

That's not what I get. 300,000,000 citizens, divided by 50,000 per district gives us 6000 reps.

Think of how much easier it would be to send a disagreeable rep home. Think of lobbyists having to buy 3001 votes.

Next up: repeal the 17th Amendment.

[Looking for Diogenes]

So if my math and understanding of their formula is correct, the Founding Fathers would have wanted us today to have 1,558 Congressional representatives, each representing 180,000 people.

Aside from the relatively small extra cost of Congress itself, that may not be a bad thing. Presumably staffs could be much smaller.

It would certainly change the relationship of the House and the Senate.