4 ms·
"if it really was that" What definition of the word 'cartel' are you using where the group of bulb manufacturers secretly conspiring to keep bulb prices up for
by nemo 12y ago
"if it really was that"
What definition of the word 'cartel' are you using where the group of bulb manufacturers secretly conspiring to keep bulb prices up for their profit doesn't fit perfectly?
"Compare that to government failures like the 17th amendment"
Senators being democratically elected seem to be the least of our problems, in general it's been a great blessing to the country, since the body elected to serve it cares more about the national interest, than provincial ones.
- dragonwriter 12y ago> Senators being democratically elected seem to be the least of our problems, in general it's been a great blessing to the country, since the body elected to serve it cares more about the national interest, than provincial ones. How does being elected directly by the people of a particular state make Senators more concerned about "national issues" and less about "provincial ones" than the prior process?
- nemo 12y agoIt's hard to say why it happened, though I'd guess it was in part that the selection of Senators by state legislatures made them more beholden to those bodies than the people of the state or the country. Since state legislatures of the time were notoriously corrupt, they regularly sold off Senatorial seats and used their Senators as puppets for their agenda. State Legislatures of the time were also vastly overrepresented by rural districts, which may have played into Senators having more indifference to national interests over provincial ones.