1/16/20 Daily Mail:
Harvard has released a radical proposal to fix America's broken democracy.
Researchers
suggest Congress needs to pass legislation reducing the size of
Washington, D.C. to just a few core federal buildings and declaring its
127 neighborhoods as states.
These new
states would add enough votes for Congress to rewrite the Constitution
in a way that 'every vote counts equally' by ratifying four amendments.
The
plan entails equal representation in both the Senate and the House,
replacing the Electoral College with a popular vote and modifying 'the
Constitution's amendment process that would ensure future amendments are
ratified by states representing most Americans.'
:Broken democracy": one where the empress lost.
Broken democracy is feature, not bug.
ReplyDeleteRepublic, not democracy, per founders wisdom.
Reducing DC to a "Federal buildings district" is a good idea. However, it should be done over time, so Federal offices in the surrounding area can be moved in closer, replacing some of the residential and commercial areas of the District. It might also be appropriate for Virginia to cede the Pentagon and Arlington Cemetery to the District.
ReplyDeleteCreating 127 states is insane.