SecretMethod70

um, it's called a federal republic. That's why we have a BIcameral system. Perhaps you forgot we have a House of Representatives as well? That one is based on the population of states. RI does NOT have the same voice as CA or IL. RI has 2 SENATORS as well as CA and IL, but RI only has TWO Representatives, whereas CA has 53 Representatives and IL has 19.

This all goes to the core of the matter: our government is not run as it was intended to be run. Currently, the federal government has many responsibilities - most of which are not afforded to it by the constitution. The United States is a Federal Republic, meaning that each state is essentially its own government, with a federal government for defense and a few national issues. We have a very well thought-out bicameral system of government which is very representative of the mindset in which our government was created. The House is based on population, hence it is the people's representation in the federal government. In the house, each congressperson is representing roughly 700,000 people, with a minimum of one congressperson per state. This is our direct voice in the federal government. The senate is the *state's* voice in the federal government. Hence, each state has 2 senators. This is representative of the interest in state's rights. Without the senate, it starts to reach a point (considering all the other ways in which the federal government has usurped state powers) where we may as well just get rid of states altogether - at least in the form we know them as now. The federal government was not intended to be the primary effector on people's lives - the state government was. It sure makes a lot of sense when you think about it too, that most decisions that effect your life should be made by a government much more closely associated with you.

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