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Actually it's bad because we don't. Get rid of the popular election of senators and go back to having them be appointed by their state legislatures. That retur
by patrickg_zill 8y ago
Actually it's bad because we don't.
Get rid of the popular election of senators and go back to having them be appointed by their state legislatures. That returns the proper focus on balancing the federal and state government powers.
- protomyth 8y agoSince communications and travel are cheap, I think a nice compromise would be to have the sitting governor serve as the states single senator. It would save some budget (half the number of senators) and put the person on the hook for the state budget in a position to bring that perspective to DC.
- sanxiyn 8y agoWe need more representatives, not less. Budget for representatives is the least concern. Representatives are very cost efficient for what they do.
- protomyth 8y agoNot in the Senate we don’t. The Senate is supposed to represent the will of the states, and who better than the sitting Governor?
- Delmania 8y agoAbsolutely not, that was a breeding ground for worse corruption that the current administration.
- patrickg_zill 8y agoI'd like to know more about that. How was having the states appoint senators a fount of corruption?