By "decreasing the number of represented" I was implying secession :)
On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 7:21 PM, Eric Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > > So maybe instead of redistricting, we just add new districts... > > Eric > > -----Original Message----- > From: Judah McAuley [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 6:24 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: suuure the republicans want to create a more frugal america > > > We both agree that the number of people per Representative needs to be > lowered, much like student/teacher ratio. Of course since we are > discussing a ratio, that can be achieved two ways: increasing the > number of Representatives or decreasing the number of represented. > > It isn't entirely clear to me what the optimal balance there is. > > Judah > > On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 4:21 PM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 2:44 PM, Casey Dougall >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> Like we really need more politicians... >> >> ironically, that's exactly what we need. congress has become less and >> less representative of the people, and its small size has made it easy >> for a handful of people to capture the entire institution. >> >> in engineering terms, our democracy has failed to scale. we need to >> hep it catch up. >> >> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:314551 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
