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To: Raycpa
You skipped my "one representative" argument:

"For many years the House increased its size as the nation’s population grew, but in 1911 the number of representatives was fixed at 435 (together with non-voting delegates representing several territories and the District of Columbia)"

Evolution of the size of the House (from Riddick)

Year        Ratio of Representatives          No.

1789       one for each 30,000                 65

1790                  33,000                          105

1800                 33,000                            141

1810                 35,000                            181

1820                 40,000                            212

1830                 47,700                            240

1840                 70,680                            223

1850                 93,423                            234

1860                 127,381                          241

1870                 131,425                          293

1880                 151,911                          325

         1890                 173,901                         357

         1900                 194,182                         391

         1910                 211,877                         435

         1920       no reapportionment                  435

         1930                 279,712                         435

 

The number has been fixed at 435 since 1911. The current ratio is roughly 1 to 650,000 after the 2000 census.

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So, my question to you is: Why not have a ratio of 1 to 295,514,948?

We'll still all be represented, and you'll still be able to petition our common Representative for a redress of situations like this... ;-)

123 posted on 02/21/2005 9:48:25 AM PST by an amused spectator (your property: guilty until proven innocent)
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To: an amused spectator

Is your claim the US government is no longer a representative republic ?


128 posted on 02/21/2005 9:55:45 AM PST by Raycpa
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To: an amused spectator
"For many years the House increased its size as the nation’s population grew, but in 1911 the number of representatives was fixed at 435

This is one of my pet peeves.

We might just as well have the one representative, rather than continuing the fiction that we're adequately represented by 435 people.

179 posted on 02/21/2005 10:41:42 AM PST by Madame Dufarge
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