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Thanks for mentioning Thirty-Thousand.org (TTO). Please read these two articles. "Political Monopoly Power" by Walter Williams. Note what he says about representational enlargement and Thirty-Thousand.org. "Freedom and Legislative District Sizes" by me. And listen to Lew Rockwell's...

Please see the footnote in my previous post; it links to three different studies which show that government spending declines as the number of representatives increases. (Also see the link to the interview by Lew Rockwell of the author of two of the reports.) Do your own math (I've done mine)...

Please read Walter Williams' article “Political Monopoly Power” at: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/oct/19/political-monopoly-power/ In that article, note what Dr. Williams says about representational enlargement and about Thirty-Thousand.org. Also read about “Article the first”...

Lew Rockwell Please listen to Lew Rockwell’s 10-minute interview of Dr. Mark Thornton: http://www.lewrockwell.com/podcast/?p=episode&name=2008-11-16_069_the_case_for_bigger_government.mp3 (Nov 16, 2008) Dr. Thornton has written two papers providing empirical evidence that total governmental...

It would be far more satisfactory and achievable to take back the government by taking back the federal House from the oligarchy. Please see this thread: http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=161290 A Constitutional revolution.

I agree with all that. "Why 435?" is a better marketing question. That question can still be used to market. The good news is that if you Google "Why 435?" you get Thirty-Thousand.org at the top of the list. Thirty-Thousand.org, Inc., is indeed a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization. Here is my...

Exactly right. I'm trying to make that point here: Q8: Even with reduced federal expenditures, wouldn’t it be too costly to add all these Representatives? http://www.thirty-thousand.org/#Q8

This does not answer your question directly, but this gets to the points you are wanting to make: Q7: Wouldn’t more Representatives mean a bigger government? http://www.thirty-thousand.org/#Q7 Q8: Even with reduced federal expenditures, wouldn’t it be too costly to add all these...

WRellim, you've done a very good job of summarizing the issue. I did think of "Why435" too, but then figured they would just raise it to 437 and then I would need to get an URL for every integer between 435 and whatever! Regarding "30,000", read this brief account of how George Washington...

Hollywood, when districts are 50,000 people in size, how much money does a candidate need to raise? If my rep (in a district of 50,000) were not performing well, I could probably defeat him with no more expense than several pairs of walking shoes and several thousand photocopies (campaigning...

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I don't see where that would benefit the citizenry better than would allocating 6,000 Reps to the 50 states (rather than 435). Moreover, there are two fundamental problems with that approach. First, it could violate the one-person-one-vote principle even more than it is already (1P1V requires...

You are exactly right. The Constitution was written decades before the invention of fancy new technology (like trains or the telegraph). In order for real communication to occur, people had to convene in one location. Let's keep our representatives at home where we can keep an eye on them...

I suggest this thread be split between those who, like me, are committed to supporting the republican form of government and those who want to dissolve the federal government. When these two groups combine in one forum it's impossible to continue an intelligent discussion on this topic. The...

Exactly right. We can replace 435 politicians with 6,000 citizen representatives. Please read this article, "Political Monopoly Power", by Walter Williams: http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=5317