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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: i-node who wrote (736382)9/1/2013 3:22:06 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (1) of 1577585
 
Before the 17th Amendment, senators were not determined by popular vote. For a damned good reason (hopefully, the 17th Amendment will be repealed, which will fix the problems it created).

Do you know why the 17th amendment was passed? Turns out with the creation of extremely wealthy robber barons, it was possible to buy state legislatures and by extension senate seats. And it is still possible today.

They did not foresee that happening. But the Founders certainly would not have supported that.
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