While I am not against property quals, El Presidente wouldn't be insulting and burdening the states like this if we still had a senate of the states.
The 17th Amendment inflicted a mortal wound on our republic, for while it denied state representation, it left intact constitutional powers over the states.
We have a federal constitution, yet we do not have a federal government. The 17th must go.
I do think they will hit Israel first. I have always felt Israel is the only thing holding these nuts in check, but why should they help us now? We are no longer their friend. Not my choice but our turds in office. ALL of them. Both sides suck. They stand around bantering back and forth like this is some kind of game. Some days I wish that plane had not gone down in PA. We would no longer have a capital, but maybe it would have woke these professional grifters up.
I'm working my wat through Amity Shales' Coolidge. The 17th Ammendment was a "Progressive" piece of legislation sold as a means of getting rid of "special intrests." It's mentioned as an aside as Coolidge tried to stem the tide of progressivism. If he had run for a full term we might have avoided FDR's great depression and all that followed.
We've beem suffering at the hands of progressives since Theodore Rex.
The 17th must go.