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318,000,000 ÷ 25,000 = 12720 That's a little excessive, don't you think?

• danieltillett 11y ago
  Well it is voters not citizens so the number is a little less than this, but no I don't think it is excessive. The current system only works because each member of congress has a huge staff - about one for every 25,000 voters. If you increase the number of members of congress then you get rid of the staff. Of course you will have a problem fitting everyone into the capital building, but with technology there is no need for everyone to be in the same location at the same time. We need to think of innovative solutions to fighting corruption, not just hoping that things will get better if we wish hard enough.
  • harryh 11y ago
    That assumes that all the people that get elected are capable of doing all the things that staff currently does. I don't think that's a good assumption.
    • danieltillett 11y ago
      I would certainly hope the people elected are not capable of doing many of the things that the staff currently do - say like soliciting bribes (sorry "donations"). If there is a need for certain skills then there is no reason that this could not be handled by a pool of experts working for congress - say in the same way the library of congress works now.