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And it's not even really a conservative view to say that. Even the most liberal of politicians would acknowledge that laws governing certain areas don't make s
by TameAntelope 5y ago
And it's not even really a conservative view to say that. Even the most liberal of politicians would acknowledge that laws governing certain areas don't make sense everywhere, and there's a reason for keeping states, given the gigantic size of our country.
This comes up all the time in redistricting conversations; very often the goal for some of the strangers gerrymandered districts is to keep populations together.
People should have a say in how their day-to-day lives are governed, and not just be ruled by a huge cluster of people on a completely different part of the planet.
- vmception 5y agoThis has nothing to do with whether there could be a referendum mechanism or not. Congress (and the rest of the federal government) can and does do all of the absurdities you are suggesting is prevented by the people having no direct say.
- TameAntelope 5y agoI'm sorry, I don't understand your reference to referendum. It's by design that people have no direct say, however. That's a substantially worse system, by nearly every measurement, to generally employ.
- vmception 5y agoMost people’s referendum concepts only make it a ballot based on a swell in support for the referendum to begin with. A decent threshold of the population needs to want any particular measure to begin with. So most things would be squashed.