Message from @Jack Howard
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On a lot of occasions, you're giving populations too much credit, unfortunately. Los Angeles is still going to be a magnet for aspiring actors, Seattle for Hipsters, New York for yuppy businessmen, Massachusetts for historians, and all of them for heritage reasons. You'll chase off a few more rigid people, but for the most part the populations will be complicit
That's a part of the reason there has been so much push for federal overreach from the left, so people don't have to vote with their feet
Also, do you think it would still be as much of an issue today considering that information is much more readily available than it was when the amendment was passed?
I have an inherent distrust of any politician who has served more than three terms...so yes
Trust me, you think that we have a problem with term limits now, repeal the 17th and see what happens
What if we repeal the 17th AND implement term limits.
that would be an ideal situation, but you'd have to get term limit legislation passed through people who are reaping a rich government salary off the fact that there are no term limits
that's the age old question of congress though
Sounds like we just fixed all the world's problems.
except there's no incentive by the lawmakers to pass a term limits law
especially if you repeal the 17th
What I mean is we need to repeal the 17th Amendment and return to how Senators used to be chosen. If we do that, then there won't be a need to place term limits on Senators. But I do think we need to place term limits on Congressmen. To learn more about this topic click this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUOGdBgeB14
And by the way, before the 17th Amendment, the Senators were chosen by the state legislatures, because the Senate was designed to represent the state governments. But the 17th Amendment changed that. Now Senators are chosen directly by the people of each state.
May I ask what's wrong with by the people for the people??
actually, no, I have a better question. What state do you live in, and which senator did you get that you don't like??
I live in Texas. My issue is not which Senators I have, because I like Ted Cruz. My issue is that the House of Representatives represent the people, and the Senate represent the states. That's why Texas has 36 Congressmen and only 2 Senators, and why Wyoming has 2 Congressmen, and also only has 2 Senators.
the senate is meant to make sure that the states with smaller populations get a chance at equal representation in congress
it's a balance to keep states like california from controlling everything
If there are any Patrons reading this conversation, please ask Matt and Blonde what they think.
No....unfortunately there are 535 congresspeople, and most people in the country can only name 10 of them, including their own
there's a reason the news only focuses on 14 congresspeople. Those are the ones making all the legislation
There's not much to know about Cornyn. He's been a senator since 2002, but he doesn't really do a whole lot.
He's an establishment type.
^Good, build it
How do I know they're ready to take my call?
in the roll call section, they go through the list of people who have checked in, they start with patreon callers (those who have the orange name) and then they get to non-patreon calllers after that
i see
Thanks for explaining that. I'm pretty new to this.
so we just have to be voice connected and unmutued?
yeah
no problem, so once thoughtsandblogs is up it will start with the non patreon callers
@J Edgar how the hell do i level up lol
i don't know. Hell, I don't even know how I did
@Zirglehopz so how do we know if they're calling on us if the show is on delay?
you'll know because they will pull you into their private call room
Oooh