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To: vannrox

Yeah. Without that pesky 17th Amendment, our state legislators would get far richer on the proceeds from picking senators.


14 posted on 10/24/2018 8:51:29 PM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: familyop
our state legislators would get far richer on the proceeds from picking senators.

And that is the reason it was changed. Less people to bribe, less distance to go to bribe them. It changed the power structure from localized govt, to centralized.

36 posted on 10/24/2018 11:28:18 PM PDT by rawcatslyentist ("All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing")
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To: familyop

The 17th amendment needs to be repealed ASAP.


48 posted on 10/25/2018 4:44:43 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: familyop

OH nicely played


52 posted on 10/25/2018 5:06:56 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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