The 17th Amendment – Why Your Vote Doesn’t Count
September 30, 2009 by Bdoga
The passage of the 17th Amendment in 1913 allowed for the greatest unbalancing of the US Governments Checks and Balances of any legislation that has ever occurred.
This Podcast analyzes the background behind the amendments passage and it’s implications on the individuals political power. So Listen in and find out why your vote Doesn’t Count!
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Tagged: 17th amendment, checks and balances, senate, states
One thing not mentioned in the podcast is the disparity of representation inflicted on the voters who elect their representatives. The Founders argued heatedly over how to provide representation. The 17th turned the results of those arguments on their head by only allowing the people of each state 2 Senators, beholden to them (NOT the state govts) instead of providing the people of each state proportionate representation by districting and enumeration. Somebody goofed when the dreamed up the 17th because they missed this key difference. Why is it that the state of Wyoming gets two senators for their 600K of population and I get the same amount in my state of 30 Million?
The 17th Amendment is flat out goofy and makes no sense.