Apportionment worked very poorly when it was tried earlier in our history and "worked so well" that is led to the first income tax in 1863.
There's no reason why bringing back apportionment would eliminate the 17th amendment ... in fact,it would not as surely you must know.
"in fact,it would not as surely you must know."
sure. but i was just stating that IF states all of a sudden were receiving an $X billion bill every month from the federal government that they might want their vote back as to how that $ was being spent.
the 16th and 17th amendment, although completely unrelated, are very tightly knit together in regards to power.
that said, apportionment was soley based on head count. fair tax isn't all that different expect that it based soley on economic activity.