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My favorite news item of the morning...so far...
On 11/14/20 6:51 PM, Wayne B wrote:
On Sat, 14 Nov 2020 18:15:00 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote: On 11/14/20 5:04 PM, Wayne B wrote: On Sat, 14 Nov 2020 15:46:19 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote: I do hope some serious efforts can bet underway to start getting rid of the Electoral College. === Like it or not, the Electoral College is functioning exactly as the founding fathers intended: It keeps the large population centers from dominating the executive branch. You may not like the middle of the country but the people who live ther are entitled to have a say in things. The EC functions as it did when this was a small, compact country with an equally small population. I can't think of another "modern" country where the head of government is selected by other than who gets the most votes. I also don't think sparsely populated states should have the same number of U.S. Senators as California, Texas, Florida, New York, et cetera. There's no reason why the vote of an individual in North Dakota should have the same number of U.S. Senators to access as an individual in Texas. === Actually there is a reason - it ensures that all regions of the country are represented equally - exactly as intended. Actually, all the EC does is represent real estate, not people. -- *Lock Trump Up!* |
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My favorite news item of the morning...so far...
Keyser Söze wrote:
On 11/14/20 6:51 PM, Wayne B wrote: On Sat, 14 Nov 2020 18:15:00 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote: On 11/14/20 5:04 PM, Wayne B wrote: On Sat, 14 Nov 2020 15:46:19 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote: I do hope some serious efforts can bet underway to start getting rid of the Electoral College. === Like it or not, the Electoral College is functioning exactly as the founding fathers intended: It keeps the large population centers from dominating the executive branch. You may not like the middle of the country but the people who live ther are entitled to have a say in things. The EC functions as it did when this was a small, compact country with an equally small population. I can't think of another "modern" country where the head of government is selected by other than who gets the most votes. I also don't think sparsely populated states should have the same number of U.S. Senators as California, Texas, Florida, New York, et cetera. There's no reason why the vote of an individual in North Dakota should have the same number of U.S. Senators to access as an individual in Texas. === Actually there is a reason - it ensures that all regions of the country are represented equally - exactly as intended. Actually, all the EC does is represent real estate, not people. And that is what it was intended to do. |
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My favorite news item of the morning...so far...
On Sat, 14 Nov 2020 20:40:52 -0500, Keyser Söze
wrote: On 11/14/20 6:51 PM, Wayne B wrote: On Sat, 14 Nov 2020 18:15:00 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote: On 11/14/20 5:04 PM, Wayne B wrote: On Sat, 14 Nov 2020 15:46:19 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote: I do hope some serious efforts can bet underway to start getting rid of the Electoral College. === Like it or not, the Electoral College is functioning exactly as the founding fathers intended: It keeps the large population centers from dominating the executive branch. You may not like the middle of the country but the people who live ther are entitled to have a say in things. The EC functions as it did when this was a small, compact country with an equally small population. I can't think of another "modern" country where the head of government is selected by other than who gets the most votes. I also don't think sparsely populated states should have the same number of U.S. Senators as California, Texas, Florida, New York, et cetera. There's no reason why the vote of an individual in North Dakota should have the same number of U.S. Senators to access as an individual in Texas. === Actually there is a reason - it ensures that all regions of the country are represented equally - exactly as intended. Actually, all the EC does is represent real estate, not people. Since the people who choose to occupy that real estate and feed you deserve representation too, it is exactly what I said. A departure from the feudal system. Without the Senate and the EC, nobody would pay any attention to the middle of the country and the government would be controlled by about a third of the states. |
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