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Uncle Joe

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2. The Congress probably needs to be expanded in total number to reflect the vastly greater population of the U.S. today

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Thu Oct 30, 2025, 02:34 PM

Oct 2025

over what it was in when the Constitution was written.

This dilution of representation from the shortage of Representatives to increased represented population only serves to estrange the Congress from the peoples' every day reality.

Under the current dynamic an ever increasing number of Americans will just be written off as politically expendable, and the "cost of doing business."

Thanks for the thread struggle4progress

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