tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post8089893503227536301..comments2023-12-28T18:17:11.191-05:00Comments on Gruntled Center: Three Ideas for Expanding CongressGruntledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14377809238377382438noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-69584742256108820872019-02-23T00:10:47.740-05:002019-02-23T00:10:47.740-05:00Re: DC, give all but the Federal Triangle and oth...Re: DC, give all but the Federal Triangle and other major government buildings, e.g., Marine Barracks, Washington at 8th and "I" Streets, SE, back to Maryland. Readjust Maryland's delegation appropriately. 693,000 v. 700,000 is no improvement, except to increase the Democrat Party's representation in the House. Grant Puerto Rico its independence. Don't mess with the Constitution just to empower the Party you favor. The coastal elites may have learned that they ignore the rest of the Nation at their peril and the solution is to listen to all of the people, not just themselves. The Great Compromise works; leave it alone.<br /><br />And send most of the non-Constitutional parts of the current post-New Deal government back to where they belong: the States. Health care, education, housing and urban development, labor, energy, are best handled where the particular needs of the people are living and by State bureaucrats rather than the monstrous bureaucracy in Washington. (They may be bureaucrats, but they are, e.g., Pennsylvania bureaucrats and easier to control or get rid of in Harrisburg.) Mac McCartyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01816287937690789122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-87950010482495570962018-12-05T16:26:51.304-05:002018-12-05T16:26:51.304-05:00In the most issue of The Atlantic magazine, John D...In the most issue of The Atlantic magazine, John Dingell(long time Michigan congressman) shares some of his ideas for improving Congress. 1. Eliminate the Senate or combine the two houses of the legislature. This would hinder the control of Congress by a declining minority of population since states such as Montana and California have the same number of Senators. 2. Eliminate the Electoral College. 3, Eliminate private funding of elections. Automatically register all citizens at age 18.Barrynoreply@blogger.com