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The article you linked mentioned that six Representatives either owned or had owned a car dealership. I don't think this qualifies as disproportionate by any st
by greedo 14y ago
The article you linked mentioned that six Representatives either owned or had owned a car dealership. I don't think this qualifies as disproportionate by any stretch. With 435 Representatives, that's about 1.4%. Compare that with Reps (and Senators) who were lawyers.
I personally would rather have a Congressman who had some familiarity with business rather than being gentry for life in Congress.
- alexqgb 14y ago"I don't think this qualifies as disproportionate by any stretch." Here are the actual facts: A) US Population per the 2010 Census (i.e. the survey that determines levels of representation) ~ 308,400,000. B) 1.4% of this population = 4,317,600 (i.e. the number of car dealers that would need to exist for their current level of representation to be proportionate). C) Actual number of car dealers in America < 20,000. In other words, their level of representation is not only disproportionate, but wildly so. Like, by a factor of 215.