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Re:Tunnels in the US cost more than anywhere else by kansface on Monday November 02, 2020 @03:50PM (#24973152)
Sure, but compare the relative power of a CA state representative or the governor to those of Wyoming. CA environmental or privacy regulations for instance often function as de facto national law because the consumer market is so large. Rectifying the imbalance of senators would almost certainly see CA lose that overwhelmingly undemocratic power (~12% of US population - democrats who write the laws are maybe 60% of that subset so 7 million voters).

edit: CA accounts for 15% of the US GDP

Re:Tunnels in the US cost more than anywhere else by atharris on Monday November 02, 2020 @05:41PM (#24974325)
Okay? This sounds like a great trade if your goal is to have a representative government instead of minority rule.
Re:Tunnels in the US cost more than anywhere else by kansface on Monday November 02, 2020 @05:57PM (#24974477)
No, it is just another form of minority rule. Why should 7% of the country get to set its environmental policy in exchange for less voice in the national government?