Yeah, that's an aspect of growing population that people often don't consider, but if you think back
to, say, 1900, there were about 75 million Americans. Now, about 300 million, or about 4 times the
1900 number. But we still have the same number of representatives in Washington. So, right off the
bat, we're looking at 75% less representation per person in this country than there was 107 years ago.
Now add to that issue the fact that the vast bulk of the growth has been urban, that is to say much
more population growth in our cities than in the rural communities, but we gain no representation,
really, and we see a fundamental unfairness in the way we're represented in Washington, and we can
see the results in the general rise in doofus politics.
B
Baerwald
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Yeah, that's an aspect of growing population that people often don't consider, but if you think back
to, say, 1900, there were about 75 million Americans. Now, about 300 million, or about 4 times the
1900 number. But we still have the same number of representatives in Washington. So, right off the
bat, we're looking at 75% less representation per person in this country than there was 107 years ago.
Now add to that issue the fact that the vast bulk of the growth has been urban, that is to say much
more population growth in our cities than in the rural communities, but we gain no representation,
really, and we see a fundamental unfairness in the way we're represented in Washington, and we can
see the results in the general rise in doofus politics.
posted 2008.01.30
posted on January 30th 2008
