[Political Junkie Too]

For me it's less about the corruption and more about the elections.

End 33 of the most expensive elections that occur every two years, and you also stop the the flow of money from the donors to the media, laundered through the campaigns.

Kill the MSM beast by repealing the 17th amendment.

-PJ

[Jacquerie]

Left out of this discussion is why the Framers' created a bicameral congress.

Out of necessity, our republic was a compound form; it featured both democratic and federal elements. It could be no other way, for the states would have never subjected themselves to a government in which they were not represented. Until the 17th Amendment, no republic in history denied the lawmaking consent of a component member. Since 1913, the states have been subjected to arbitrary, despotic rule – tyranny. While the Constitution and subsequent laws and court rulings still act on the states, the states have no say in the government of their creation.

Left in the wake of the 17A is federalism without a federal government!

The Bitter Harvest of the 17th Amendment.

The 17A not only didn't solve the shallow problems its Progressive acolytes claimed, it violated fundamental republicanism: consent of the governed.