JakeStarkey
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- Aug 10, 2009
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SNAP!!!! Thank you for falling into this. How do you know that the 17th is not serving the people today, the descendants of We the People who passed it, and how do you know the state legislatures will return the right type of senators if the 17th is repealed? "Do you have a magic crystal ball or something."
Muaddib, you never made a sensible case that (1) the 17th should never have been ratified, and (2) that it should be abolished now. You just keep stating that you simply know.
Simple! Where is the budget bill? The budget is the most basic function of the legislature. Read Article I of the Constitution.
To balance the budget, Congress is going to have to cut some entitlements that should never have been enacted in the first place. If they cut them, Senators running for reelection are not going to be popular with the voters. Senators appointed by the states wouldn't have to worry about that. It's in the interests of the states for the Feds to get their fiscal houses in order.
Your argument falls on popularity and elections at the state level, which are far more easily rigged.
A massive internet and social media campaign to get a budget bill out of our senators, in lieu of their being elected, would be far more likely.