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goobster · 1480 days ago · link · · parent · post: Pack the House: How to Fix the Legislative Branch
OK. One last comment on this (for now)... IF the House expands to 6000 members and the Electoral College is burned at the stake, as it should have been, how does this impact the Framers original idea that "politician" was a part-time job? Right now, each of these people is paid a ridiculously large sum of money for their "service". Over $100k/year. How much of a hit to the State budget will it be? Especially in populous states like CA and NY? And, if there are more Representatives, and each of them serves on fewer committees, and they vote primarily electronically (as the article surmises), then do we return to the general idea of "part-time politicians"? Because that sounds pretty dang good to me...