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So the Washington Post is now crying that federalism just isn't fair; that smaller states will decline in population but will continue to dominate the Senate; also that these same states are too white.

Cry me a river.

1 posted on 07/15/2018 8:42:28 PM PDT by tom h
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List of states?


2 posted on 07/15/2018 8:44:09 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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Norman Ornstein and others are constantly crying about this “racist” and “unjust” reality on Twitter. Of course NO ONE is stopping liberals and/or minorities from moving into these evil, white states.


3 posted on 07/15/2018 8:44:18 PM PDT by montag813
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what are the states? I dont want to give the Compost a clickpoint..


4 posted on 07/15/2018 8:45:00 PM PDT by max americana (Fired libtard employees 9 consecutive times at every election since 08'. I hope all liberals die.)
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Maybe if she lasts long enough, Ruth "Buzzi" Ginsburg can fix that problem. She believes in a romantic judiciary that can just fix societal problems by fiat, to hell with the constitution. Had Hillary won, we would already be in this situation.


5 posted on 07/15/2018 8:46:19 PM PDT by tom h
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8 posted on 07/15/2018 8:51:38 PM PDT by luv2ski
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Federalism is absolutely essential to preserve freedom and equal representation in the US. Families in a rural farming community who get up at 5:00 am every day, feed their animals, and work hard doing what they need to do to sustain their farms should be able to define what’s best for their lives, without being ‘overruled’ by a bunch of people in Manhattan who think that life revolves around NYC. I’m not criticizing those who live in the city. I was born, raised, and spent a big part of my life so far in major cities. But every part of America that is different form other parts deserves to have their America preserved - independent of what major population centers may think.


9 posted on 07/15/2018 8:53:50 PM PDT by neverevergiveup
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California, Texas, New York, Florida, Illinois, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Georgia.

10 posted on 07/15/2018 8:54:42 PM PDT by Blue House Sue
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Yes, two senators per state...

I note that the WP seems quite perplexed by the idea two Senators will come from each state, meaning each state gets equal representation.

For some reason they have a disconnect when you realize this is essentially how the U. N., the W. T. O., and the plan for the North American Union would have played out.

When our nation is the big state, and Zimbabwe is the small state, they’re just thrilled to have us on equal footing.


11 posted on 07/15/2018 8:59:23 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Take a look out there folks. Can you see evidence of a Left Wing Hate Group, perhaps fascist too?)
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And half of all minorities will “work” for the federal government.
What a great future to look forward to.


12 posted on 07/15/2018 9:02:27 PM PDT by 353FMG
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30 percent of the population of the country will control 68 percent of the seats in the U.S. Senate.

That's pretty close to the Pareto 80/20 rule of thumb. Without knowing anything you can guess 80% of the people will live in 20% of the states, and 20% of the people will control 80% of the whatever, be it the Senate, land, money, women, etc. The Pareto principle is a property of the Universe, and it's why no matter what the leftists try, their attempts to level life's outcomes equally always fails.

15 posted on 07/15/2018 9:08:26 PM PDT by Reeses (A journey of a thousand miles begins with a government pat down.)
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Maybe the ChiComs will do America a favor and nuke our ten largest cities.


22 posted on 07/15/2018 9:21:51 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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24 posted on 07/15/2018 9:39:19 PM PDT by Chode ( WeÂ’re America, Bitch!)
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The fallacy here is that current population trends will persist and can be extrapolated into the future ad infinitum.

Florida natives, yours truly included, will migrate to the Rocky Mountain West as northerners and foreign nationals change our home state. We vacation there and own second homes there now, and are looking for a place to land.

AmExpat’s rule of demography: people go to live as adults where they vacationed as children. Want to know the future winners of the demographic derby? Look at the family vacation hotspots today. When I was growing up, everybody in South Florida went to North Carolina for vacation. A third of my high school class lives in that area now - - NC, East TN, Va.


26 posted on 07/15/2018 10:04:54 PM PDT by ameribbean expat
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Bingo!


27 posted on 07/15/2018 10:05:25 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (I love Bull Markets!)
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Every state gets two senators regardless of population. That's the way the system works. If people want their vote to have a bigger impact, I guess they could move to one of the less populous states.
31 posted on 07/15/2018 10:29:03 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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You want to complain about soemething, Washington Post? How about how Iowa and New Hampshire get to pick who gets to run for President?


36 posted on 07/15/2018 10:55:03 PM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Russians couldnt have done a better job destroying sacred American institutions than Democrats have)
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Liberals pretend to defend the minorities but oppose defenses against the tyranny of the majority. The left is truly schizophrenic.


45 posted on 07/16/2018 2:37:12 AM PDT by monocle
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and in 1790 VA, MA, PA, NY, MD had much of 3.9 Million pop but that is why house increased to 105. It was taken care of in the Constitution.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1790_United_States_Census


46 posted on 07/16/2018 2:38:48 AM PDT by SMGFan (Sarah Michelle Gellar is on twitter @SarahMGellar)
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On the right, the last 30 years of gloBULList “free Trade” and de-industrialization it caused, has hollowed out small-mid sized cities. On the left, socialism festers in s cities so the right is feeding the left. Both sides are urbanizing the USA. A pox on both their houses.


47 posted on 07/16/2018 2:48:21 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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So? Right now half the population lives in 9 or 10 states.


52 posted on 07/16/2018 3:38:22 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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