Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: The 2A has been written by men and can just as easily be deleted by men. It's no biggie. [View all]discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,482 posts)People move from town to town, state to state and even nation to nation. Not long ago I worked as a contractor to company near LAX. Every third week I would fly from Philly and spend the week there. I've worked in several different states and lived in 3.
We have always been a nation of people. It sounds as if you want states to vanish and the federal government to take over everywhere. The US was created through and by the cooperation of states. Part of the checks and balances system built into Congress is the House of Reps. These folks are elected every 2 years, hold the purse strings in that all spending bills must originate there. Senators have the role of representing the state in DC. Reps represent the individuals.
Tell me this, is it fair that all 55 electoral votes from CA go to a single candidate? There are a few states that apportion the votes according to the ratio of the popular vote.
The 1790 census shows that the most populous state had about ten times as many voters as the least populous state. These disparities are new. Worse maybe but not new.
The electing of a President carries along with it the election of a Vice President. The VP serves in the role as President of the Senate. He votes during a tie vote, etc. The VP is a powerful office and, along with the President, should work in a role of leadership. There needs to be a balance between states will large populations and those with smaller populations.