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It's a hard problem. Texas has 27 million residents. And 2 Senators. If they spent an hour a day talking to constituents and spent 15 minutes with each one, it
by JoeAltmaier 5y ago
It's a hard problem. Texas has 27 million residents. And 2 Senators.
If they spent an hour a day talking to constituents and spent 15 minutes with each one, it would take 16,875 years to talk to each one, once.
- MomoXenosaga 5y agoThe only people senators want to talk to is their donors. Money is speech.
- JoeAltmaier 5y agoThere was even a SchoolHouse Rock episode about that - how lobbyists represent money, and money represents people, so it's all nice and democratic!
- JaimeThompson 5y agoEven in their public forums they typically vet those allowed in. Donors don't have much of a problem talking to them. They forget they represent everyone, not just those who fund them.