American Federalism
I'm not sure whether this is a step forward, or a step back:
Massachusetts is considering a plan which would, in essence, count illegal immigrants as 3/5ths of a person. For the good of the children, of course.
The issue at stake, to the nattering control-freaks in the Bay State, is that with their native population in something of a decline—you can thank decades of communism, folks—they need body count in order to maintain their representation in the Federal Congress.
That's funny: A very similar problem was approached by the delegates sent to the original Constitutional Convention, way back in 1787: The Southern states, in an effort to increase their power in the General government, sought to count their slave population as full citizens for the purpose of enumerating the number of representatives sent to the House. The Northern states, seeking to gain their own strength in the House, wished to count no slaves. We ended up with the resulting compromise.
What comes around, goes around.
Massachusetts should just get straight to the point and start moving to re-legalize slavery. After all, that's what the puffed-up Brahmin gentry are supporting with their sanctuary policies and their large population of lawn caretakers, isn't it?
On another note, it seems that California is looking to implement a policy that would completely eliminate the State's power in the Federal government, at least as far as the Presidential election is concerned.
The Electoral College has served us well over the past 250-some-odd years, by keeping a rough balance between the more populated states of our nation (i.e., California), and the less-populated areas. Heck, it is statistically proven to be more fair than a flat-out democratic election. By enacting laws that remove that check from the general election of California, the State of California is basically removing what semblance of independence it has left, and submitting to the "tyranny of majority" so feared by our forefathers.
(We'll see what they think of their brilliant new policy when Fred Thompson sweeps the next election, right?)
Seriously, if California wants to give up its federal character so badly, why doesn't it just do us all a favour and secede?
Massachusetts is considering a plan which would, in essence, count illegal immigrants as 3/5ths of a person. For the good of the children, of course.
The issue at stake, to the nattering control-freaks in the Bay State, is that with their native population in something of a decline—you can thank decades of communism, folks—they need body count in order to maintain their representation in the Federal Congress.
That's funny: A very similar problem was approached by the delegates sent to the original Constitutional Convention, way back in 1787: The Southern states, in an effort to increase their power in the General government, sought to count their slave population as full citizens for the purpose of enumerating the number of representatives sent to the House. The Northern states, seeking to gain their own strength in the House, wished to count no slaves. We ended up with the resulting compromise.
What comes around, goes around.
Massachusetts should just get straight to the point and start moving to re-legalize slavery. After all, that's what the puffed-up Brahmin gentry are supporting with their sanctuary policies and their large population of lawn caretakers, isn't it?
On another note, it seems that California is looking to implement a policy that would completely eliminate the State's power in the Federal government, at least as far as the Presidential election is concerned.
The Electoral College has served us well over the past 250-some-odd years, by keeping a rough balance between the more populated states of our nation (i.e., California), and the less-populated areas. Heck, it is statistically proven to be more fair than a flat-out democratic election. By enacting laws that remove that check from the general election of California, the State of California is basically removing what semblance of independence it has left, and submitting to the "tyranny of majority" so feared by our forefathers.
(We'll see what they think of their brilliant new policy when Fred Thompson sweeps the next election, right?)
Seriously, if California wants to give up its federal character so badly, why doesn't it just do us all a favour and secede?
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