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Re: It's Time To Repeal The 17th Amendment 

By: Beldin in CONSTITUTION | Recommend this post (2)
Sat, 25 Aug 18 10:11 PM | 185 view(s)
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Msg. 21768 of 21975
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"The states are pretty much gutless ..."

Absolutely true, professor ... and the 17th Amendment certainly helped make 'em that way. Instead of them being the creators of the federal government, it made them step-children to it. So much crap harmful to our Constitutional Republic and its citizens occurred during the early part of the 20th century. 




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Re: It's Time To Repeal The 17th Amendment
By: monkeytrots
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Sat, 25 Aug 18 8:19 AM
Msg. 21767 of 21975

No surprise - hand in hand with eliminating the electoral college. Mobocracy vs. a Republic. Democracy STINKS - it is dictatorship by the mob.

Anybody ever stop to think that the electoral college ALSO needs to 'go the other way' as Mr. Wizard put it so eloquently ?

The percentage of electoral votes has protecting the individual states has been DRASTICALLY reduced by the explosion in population since the Constitution was adopted. This has dangerously reduced the representation of the 'small guys' against the thuggery of the mobs.

That ratio should be kept THE SAME as it was originally - so increase the number of votes PER STATE (all receiving the same number) reserved for the STATE REPRESENTATION portion of the electoral college. gotta come up with more simple wording that gets the point across quickly.

Won't happen anywhooz - we are already on the verge of armed insurrection if Congress attempts a phony impeachment of President Trump.

As for the States themselves - MOST OF THEM SUPPORT A SUPER POWERED FEDERAL GOVERNMENT because it makes 'tax collecting' so much easier for them - ie. they suckle like 1,000 pound piglets at the federal teat already and get to blame somebody else. The States are pretty much gutless - Texas included *look at how our representatives blocked Article Five Convention of the States vote for such a prolonged time*.


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