If we had 10,000 Congress people and each had five minutes to present an idea it would take about 35 days for everyone to introduce themselves.
There’s a science fiction novel that tossed this idea out as a very minor plot point, but I do like it.
Change from voting by location to letting people pick their own districts.
Any group that can show it represents a group of sufficient size gets one Congress member.
People can choose to be ‘gun owners,’ ‘mass transit users,’ ‘single mothers,’ ‘factory workers,’ ‘farmers,’ ‘polygamists,’ or any other designation they choose.
There are 168 hours in a week.
If we had 10,000 Congress people and each had five minutes to present an idea it would take about 35 days for everyone to introduce themselves.
There’s a science fiction novel that tossed this idea out as a very minor plot point, but I do like it.
Change from voting by location to letting people pick their own districts.
Any group that can show it represents a group of sufficient size gets one Congress member.
People can choose to be ‘gun owners,’ ‘mass transit users,’ ‘single mothers,’ ‘factory workers,’ ‘farmers,’ ‘polygamists,’ or any other designation they choose.