Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 13:01:07 12/01/00
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On November 30, 2000 at 04:47:48, David Rasmussen wrote: >On November 28, 2000 at 21:05:24, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote: > >>On November 28, 2000 at 14:45:51, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>. >>> >>>This shows you don't understand the US Constitution very well. One purpose >>>of the federal government is to resolve disputes _between_ states. Another >>>is to regulate trade between the states. Etc. So states _do_ count in the >>>overall decision making process, as they should. The federal government is >>>a part of the individual state governmental process... >> >>Dr. Hyatt, >> > >I do understand that. It is the same way with the EU, although the EU doesnt >have nearly as much control as a federation as does the US over its states. And >I (and others) still believe that one-man one-vote is the best, most logical, >and most democratic system in such a case. The entities of a federal government >are from states and upward. If it has any lower involvement, then it is just a >country, in which case one-man one-vote would still be the best system. Inside the states, it _is_ one person, one vote. At the federal level, the states are given an equal starting point in the electoral college (each state gets 2 votes regardless of the population, then a proportion of electoral votes matching their proportion of the total population.) The scheme makes perfect sense. And has stood the test of time for > 200 years. It works and isn't broken in the least...
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