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To: man_in_tx
Tell me again why we should not repeal the Seventeenth Amendment?

Tell me again why it was passed in the the first place.

SERIOUSLY.

Give it your best shot.

20 posted on 02/23/2013 7:06:08 PM PST by houeto (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: houeto

I see no good reason why it was passed.

I think it may have been to undercut the authority of state legislatures, as well as to make access to the Senate virtually restricted to the wealthy, as running state-wide campaigns does not come cheap.

Oh, and all this was possibly hidden behind, “We need to give the people a voice in picking their Senators.”

I believe it should be repealed: I do not care why it was passed.

I will go with the Founders on this one.

And you?


29 posted on 03/18/2013 7:03:37 PM PDT by man_in_tx (Islam is a Hate Crime. (Blowback: Faithfully farting towards Mecca five times daily!))
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