Robert WetzelJan 4, 2023
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People in California and New York pay 20% of federal taxes and have 4 Senators. People in 21 states--AK ID UT MT WY ND SD NE KS OK IA MO AR LA MS AL TN KY IN WV SC--pay 15% of federal taxes and have 42 Senators.

What's that old saying? Oh yeah, taxation without representation.

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“People in California and New York pay 20% of federal taxes and have 4 Senators. People in 21 states--AK ID UT MT WY ND SD NE KS OK IA MO AR LA MS AL TN KY IN WV SC--pay 15% of federal taxes and have 42 Senators. What's that old saying? Oh yeah, taxation without representation.”

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Show threadKevin EganJan 4, 2023
@drvolts NY and CA need to boycott those states’ businesses and tourism in a massive, organized campaign, or it will never change. You have a platform—why not use it to get a boycott started?
Show threadJeffJan 5, 2023
@drvolts states should sue
Show threadRoy Brander🍁Jan 5, 2023

@drvolts The one that floors me is that there are about 4 million people in P.R. , DC, and the Island "territories", that pay federal taxes and elect no federal congressional representation at all.

Taxation without Representation, indeed.

Show threadGeoff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Jan 5, 2023
@drvolts Much as the US (and the UK for that matter) have a messed up electoral system, giving influence based on tax return is just going to accelerate wealth disparities. Representation by headcount, ideally proportional, is the way to go. Otherwise you end up with an area with an oilfield and 1,000 residents getting a greater say than an economically deprived city of 3 million.
Show threadLillyLyle/Count MelancholiaJan 5, 2023

@drvolts What is really needed is for the USA to go through a kind of Reformation, a period of intense and fair adjustment of the political system, in order to modernise it to suit today's America.

Remove the electoral college. Make gerrymandering illegal. Bring in proportional representation.

Instead, there are a bunch of yahoos disrupting the functions of government who haven't a single idea to offer in terms of reform.

Show threadJonathan RAug 12, 2023

@drvolts

DC and PR together have 0 senators.

With the White Supremacist filibuster, 42 votes is enough to stop all progress in the senate.

What happened to the effort to end the filibuster.

Show threadSilversaltyAug 12, 2023

@drvolts
The "it's a republic" line.

Even with that conservatives have to remove as much of democracy in the states as possible to keep their decreasing support in control. Note in Ohio their 'losing' vote on 60% needed for populist power was achieved by an impressive 57%.

Repubs: Damn. Just missed! Didn't block enough counter voters.