Comments on: The 17th Amendment – Why Your Vote Doesn’t Count http://www.pyrolitical.com/2009/09/the-17th-amendment-why-your-vote-doesnt-count/ Politics, Principles, and Liberty Thu, 15 Jul 2010 01:28:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Timothy http://www.pyrolitical.com/2009/09/the-17th-amendment-why-your-vote-doesnt-count/comment-page-1/#comment-200 Timothy Fri, 25 Dec 2009 03:33:26 +0000 http://www.pyrolitical.com/?p=944#comment-200 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. 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.

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