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Originally Posted by JEQuidam
Indeed you could possibly "buy a representative or two if they were representing 6,000 people", but then what do you have?
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The point I was making? If one guy who makes $80k a year can buy a representative or two, how many do you suppose Pfiser can buy? How about ExxonMobil? GM? Maybe thousands. The idea that by increasing the number of representatives drastically will make corruption less likely is not supported by any evidence whatsoever.
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Originally Posted by JEQuidam
Yes, I have no doubt that we can replace 435 politicians with 6,000 citizen representatives, but that is a matter of faith in my fellow American and I can not provide you with a proof which would convince you of this point.
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So you have faith in people who would be politicians instead of people who are politicians. The reason you can provide me no proof is that your ascertain is supported by belief instead of fact. Because of this, it's not reasonable to think your plan would succeed.
It'd be like me saying: let's just vote on
everything. Why not have several votes a day where citizens are welcome to represent themselves in the legislative branch?