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To: Congressman Billybob
I am simply amazed that most people do not see the problem for what it is: lack of representation on both the state and personal level.

Freepers are perfectly capable of starting a movement to repeal the 17th Amendment, but show no interest in doing so.

Repeal the 17th and not only would states be represented as the Founders intended, but the huge sums that these bums have to raise in their perpetual re-election campaigns would not be required.

In the House the fact that these phoneys claim to represent an average of 650,000 people is ludicrous on its face.

With the technology available today there is no reason why we can not have thousands of represenatives. The Constitution calls for one Rep per 30,000 citizens and the Constitutional debates declared that should stand until the House should reach 100 members then go to one Rep for every 40,000 until membership reached 200, then go to one Rep for every 50,000 forever.

What has happened is almost exactly what Patrick Henry warned of in his speech of June 5, 1788 before the Virginia Ratifying Convention. It's in the Anti-Federalist Papers.

If the states and the people were truly represented all the pretty boys in the Senate would be history and the Reps being "close to the people" as intended, would have a really hard time voting for anything their constituents disapproved.

30 posted on 03/30/2002 4:19:25 AM PST by metesky
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To: metesky
I agree a lot with you as well.
61 posted on 03/31/2002 12:47:24 AM PST by In veno, veritas
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