Posted on 12/04/2018 7:50:34 AM PST by yesthatjallen
Former Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) penned an op-ed Tuesday calling for the Senate to be abolished and for elections to be publicly funded.
Dingell, who represented Michigan in the House for over 59 years, wrote for the Atlantic a series of suggestions to address the "unprecedented cynicism about the nobility of public service itself."
The former lawmaker noted that in 1958 a survey from the University of Michigan found that 73 percent of Americans trusted the federal government to do the right thing almost always or most of the time. In 2017, the same study conducted by the Pew Research Center found that number down to just 18 percent.
One of the causes of frayed trust identified by Dingell was how a "minority of obnoxious asses can hold the entire country hostage to extremist views" because of the electoral college system and a Senate that provides two representatives to each state regardless of size.
"California has almost 40 million people, while the 20 smallest states have a combined population totaling less than that," he wrote. "Yet because of an 18th-century political deal, those 20 states have 40 senators, while California has just two. These sparsely populated, usually conservative states can block legislation supported by a majority of the American people. Thats just plain crazy."
Dingell also suggested moving toward full electoral participation by automatically registering all American citizens to vote when they turn 18 as well as campaign finance reform to improve accountability.
"Public service should not be a commodity, and elected officials should not have to rent themselves out to the highest bidder in order to get in to (or stay in) office," Dingell wrote.
expel California from the Union.
Fascinating. Is there a Constitutional basis for doing such a thing?
Those may follow after the 17th. The 17th is the key to reining-in an out-of-control Federal government.
Dingell wants war. If this idea were to take hold and be pursued, it would mean war, as the smaller States would need to protect themselves from the larger, more populous States.
Actually, by singling out the Electoral College and the Senate, he's effectively calling for the elimination of states.
-PJ
John “President Snow” Dingell wants the US to be like the Hunger Games, with the bigger states/cities ruling over smaller/rural areas.
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