[wizwor]

The irony of this assessment is that the problem was known to the Founding Father and addressed in our Constitution. Our Republic is divided into three branches of government -- Legislative, Executive, and Judicial. The Legislative branch is divided into two bodies -- the Senate which is consists of two representatives of each state selected by each state and the House of Representatives which consists of members directly elected by 'villages'. The Executive branch includes the President who is elected by other state representatives called Electors chosen by each state. The Judicial branch is appointed by the President with the advise and consent of the appointed Senate.

Until the Seventeenth Amendment (1913), the House of Representatives was the only branch of the government directly representing the 'unwashed masses'. It was intended to ensure The People has a voice in government.

Most would agree that our political system's decline began with the passage of the Seventeenth Amendment.

Remember that when people clamor for the end of the Electoral College and talk about Packing the Supreme Court. The Mob won't be happy until we have mob rule. Will you be happy when the Mob rules?

[kearnyirish2]

Our system of government started to decline when non-taxpayer were given the right to vote (whenever that occurred); the Founding Fathers understood that those contributing nothing shouldn’t determine how the financial contributions of taxpayers should be spent. Today roughly one half of the country seems determined to spend the contributions of the other half on themselves; remember Romney’s 47%?