Ryan the Temp said:
richardag said:
snowminer said:
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We could resolve a lot of these issues of representation by increasing the cap on the size of the House of Representatives. It's an artificial cap, not mandated by the constitution. At the founding of the country we had approximately 1 representative for every 30,000 constituents. Today, we have approximately 1 representative for every 800,000 constituents.
I can agree with this. The problem would become how many people should a single Congressman represent. 1 for every 30,000 is not possible. Even 1 for every 300,000 would be burdensome.
Side benefit it would cost those miscreants buying favors from Congressman a lot more money and time.
The Permanent Apportionment Act of 1929 caps the House of Representatives at 435 members, so the number of people each member represents will only increase unless the law is changed, and increasing the number of representatives is likely unpalatable to both parties.
Thank you. My ignorance was showing.
Among the latter, under pretence of governing they have divided their nations into two classes, wolves and sheep.”
Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Edward Carrington, January 16, 1787
