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Re:Welcome to the 21st Century: How to Plan for the Post-Cov... by throwaway0a5e on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @10:11AM (#23477180)
The people getting shafted by the EC deal should tell their congressmen and senators to take back some of that legislate authority they've dumped on the executive bureaucracy.

We're holding a knife by the blade and trying to cut with the handle and complaining it hurts. Of course it does. We're not using the tool properly.

We could also massively increase the number of states which would make the two points that all states get just for existing much less relevant (and have other benefits). Even if you just look at the house the number of people represented by any given person is massive compared to what it was 100yr ago let alone when the system was designed.

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Re:Welcome to the 21st Century: How to Plan for the Post-Cov... by dundarious on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @06:22PM (#23482879)
I agree to a large extent. I think EC should be part of a larger set of changes, but it is understood by a reasonable amount of the public, so it’s arguably the best starting point.
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