I was thinking about something last night somewhat related to this. Why do we still have states? Why not just get rid of the states, have one government with voting districts and eliminate the redundancy that 50 state governments make?
You want those jack asses from New York, or Cali telling you what to do? I don't. By the time you set up all the bureaucracy that they would stick into this, I don't think we would save any money.
How about reducing the number of counties. Seventy seven counties in the horse and buggy days made sense. Not today.
I wasn't really thinking about money saved which likely would be zero. I was thinking in the reduction of all the laws. I mean, if we're one nation, wouldn't it be simpler to have to deal with one set of laws instead of 50 different sets of laws? Seems kind of redundant. For example, if I want to CCW across several states on a vacation trip I have to know the laws of all the states I'm going through. Be easier to just deal with one set. I know that history has a bearing on how things are now and it's not going to change. Can't say if I'd want it to. Just got to wondering when I saw that Starwars list of departments in just Oklahoma alone. Crazy long for just 3.7 million Sooners.
Could the same then be said of 50 states? Of course, with no states there wouldn't be a need for senators. Might save a few dollars there. With the advances in technology, why not have our representatives at the federal level back here? Wouldn't that make them more accessable to the constituents? And limit their exposure to lobbyist and special interest groups? Voting and committee meetings could be done over the internet maybe? Couldn't the number of representatives at the federal level could be increased for better representation instead of keeping it set at 435? Getting sidetracked from my original question, lol.
I will stick with Oklahoma, but, can we get rid of the electoral college and go back to popular vote?
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