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To: tejek who wrote (538896)	12/27/2009 3:54:51 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1577829

"No they aren't. They made sense when the country was mostly agarian. It is now mostly urban but the agarian states have as much influence as the urban states. That makes no sense." But it made sense when the country was mostly agarian to you ? do you read what you post /

To: tejek who wrote (538896)	12/27/2009 4:00:20 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1577829

It is now mostly urban but the agarian[sic] states have as much influence as the urban states. Nonsense. Arkansas doesn't have as much influence as New York or California or Texas and it shouldn't. But we ARE a state and You need to read up on your history. This issue was hotly debated and was then, as it is today, a large-state/small-state argument. Had nothing to do with the "agrarian" nature of the states; it had to to with states rights. The Great Compromise didn't just happen. The Founders thought about it long and hard. And frankly, it is moot point; there is no way it would ever be changed.