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No, having senators elected by state legislatures was one of the checks and balances to limit the power of the mob. The Senate was supposed to act like the House of Lords in the British Parliament, a brake on transitory popular enthusiasms.It would help in this economy. It is much cheaper to buy a few state legislators than the people.
No, we need more input from the people, not less.
The people were supposed to select the House members.We the People should decide
We don’t need our Senators picked in backroom deals
The people were supposed to select the House members.
so the people get two sets of representatives and the state gets none??It would help in this economy. It is much cheaper to buy a few state legislators than the people.
No, we need more input from the people, not less.
Until we came to our senses and gave the power to We the People
And that led to the federal government butting it's nose in things it's not supposed to.
I am in favor of repeal.
wrong,, the fed gov was created by the states for the states,, the state govs are for the people by the people ,,A federal government …….of the people, by the people and for the people
A federal government …….of the people, by the people and for the people
wrong,, the fed gov was created by the states for the states,, the state govs are for the people by the people ,,
wrong,, the fed gov was created by the states for the states,, the state govs are for the people by the people ,,
No, we did not. State selection of Senators was perfectly and aptly designed to put a major roadblock against mob rule which you favor, Commie shitbag.Wrong again Skippy
We the People created a more perfect union
50 percent of the constituency is dumber than average. We should be led by the best, not the most popular. The 17th in this regard was a mistake.It would help in this economy. It is much cheaper to buy a few state legislators than the people.
No, we need more input from the people, not less.
No, we did not. State selection of Senators was perfectly and aptly designed to put a major roadblock against mob rule which you favor, Commie shitbag.
As it should be.It highlighted how the founders did not trust We the People
They wanted to keep the people in check
The number one biggest problem, is the intertwining of the corporations and the state. This is a gripe of both the left, and the right.
It is what led to the grassroots outrage of first the Tea Party movement, and then the Occupy movement. The complaints of both these movements? Is, remarkably similar.
Divide and Conquer: Politics and the Left/Right Fraud
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The corporate parties, and the funding of candidates, leaves little space for the poor and middles classes to have an actual seat at the table. There was even an academic report on this phenomenon from Princeton, that studied this, and tracked this.
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Instead of worrying about how Senators are chosen, the best way to reform the system, would be public funding of campaigns, and restricting corporate funding, to public funding of political campaign.
As long as the Citizens United Decision Stands, and there is not an Amendment that solves it? The inherent problem in the system, will continue to give the oligarchs all the power.
Do we need free speech? Sure. But the airwaves are public, and clearly, access to them is not equal, but determined by those who have the most money, and they will continue to monopolize the political sphere, this has always led to an economic form of fascism, and now? We are sliding into a, "scientific dictatorship." Devoid of humanity.
In the 'States Issues" part of our government -- you do realize that States have a say in our Republican form of government, right? -- the people are involved only is so much as they elect theirWe the People should decide
We don’t need our Senators picked in backroom deals
