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  • Transcripts

    The Population Grows As Representation Dwindles

    October 8th, 2011 | Transcripts | Jeremy Sarber | No Comments

    I discovered a not-so-well-known blog by Dwight Johnson. He wrote a post in August which makes an interesting point. Let me read part of this: What is wrong with government? Essentially the problem is that all the power to spend taxes rests in too few hands. In Article 1, Section 2 of the US Constitution, [...]

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    10,000 Representatives | 067 Coffee & Cigarettes

    October 7th, 2011 | Podcast | Jeremy Sarber | No Comments

    In Article 1, Section 2 of the US Constitution, it states that there should be no more than 30,000 “Free Persons” per representative. For the year 1800, then, with a total US population of 5.3 million, one Representative per 30,000 citizens equals about 177 Representatives. As the population grew, Congress decided that it needed to [...]

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