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SecretMethod70 · 11-08-2004, 09:23 AM

I am 100% supportive of statehood for DC with 2 senators and 1 congressman per 700,000 population (at least that's the ratio it is now).

Taxation without representation = wrong.

As for the electoral college argument I am vehemently against that part. It completely ignored states' rights. The federal government already greatly oversteps its bounds in duties - the states don't need to be stripped of any more power than they already have been. The electoral college being set up in the way it is is directly related to our biacmeral system of government. The only awy in which stripping the electoral college would make any consistant sense (and I would still be opposed to this) is to scrap the constitution, become unicameral, and move to a parliamentary system.

As it stands, I think it's much more reasonable and better to work towards restoring the United States as a FEDERATION just like it was designed.

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SecretMethod70 Human Administrator Location: Chicago	I am 100% supportive of statehood for DC with 2 senators and 1 congressman per 700,000 population (at least that's the ratio it is now). Taxation without representation = wrong. As for the electoral college argument I am vehemently against that part. It completely ignored states' rights. The federal government already greatly oversteps its bounds in duties - the states don't need to be stripped of any more power than they already have been. The electoral college being set up in the way it is is directly related to our biacmeral system of government. The only awy in which stripping the electoral college would make any consistant sense (and I would still be opposed to this) is to scrap the constitution, become unicameral, and move to a parliamentary system. As it stands, I think it's much more reasonable and better to work towards restoring the United States as a FEDERATION just like it was designed. __________________ Le temps détruit tout "Musicians are the carriers and communicators of spirit in the most immediate sense." - Kurt Elling Last edited by SecretMethod70; 11-08-2004 at 09:27 AM..