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danielpalos
Does anyone have an opinion regarding how US senators are elected to Congress?
It used to be that they were selected by the state legislature. That was changed to popular elections after a media mogul found out how easy our state representatives to government can be.
From the perspective of states' rights, I am of the opinion that California may be better served if our senators to Congress were selected by the state legislature as it was previously, but with better provisions against media moguls manipulating their media for private fun and profit, at public expense.
From one perspective, being accountable to fellow politicians actively involved in state politics may provide a better framework for cooperation between the general government of the Union and that of the several states, and California specifically.
I am not implying that media moguls should be prohibited from being selected for glorious patriotic duty in the Congressional senate, but only that they be selected by a higher majority than non-media moguls. An example would be four-fifths of the state legislature versus a simple majority or three-fourths.
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What if nobody could get a supermajority? The minority party could benefit their national interests by denying representation.
As for your typical liberal tripe about big business and "moguls", sorry to burst your bubble, but there is a thing called the First Amendment.
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