Why has the citizen to US House Rep. ratio been allowed to increase?
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The problem is then you would have a House with over 4000 members and it would be nearly impossible to get anything done
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It depends on where you live.  Here where I live it was from the tax roles and then that was changed to be from the voter registration lists.  That was altered to make sure that the intial panel selection was random.
661721
because the conservatives in congress are so busy getting rid of all that "liberal" stuff (like housing, funding, jobs, education, breaks, food, businesses, etc etc) in regards to legitimate citizens, they simply haven't had time to take it away from the foreigners.  \n\nUltimately no individual will have any help of any kind from the government, and we will all be happy as cogs in the corporate wheel.
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You can change your representative payee, but you may not know that all of the money your rep spends has to be accounted for on a special report the payee has to fill out every year and send it to social security. If there was true misuse social security would already know about it.\n\nI am in your shoes and it suck to have someone else manage your money, but the fact is social security is currently paying $624.00 a month. It is just not enough to be able to have a car, buy food, pay rent, pay for medicine and all that. So what I'm saying is changing your rep is not going to help you any.
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C because House seats are determined by the population of the state.
553490
This is the same with all the other countries not JUST USA. Have to do it to keep the immigration(illegal) population in check and lately, with the terrorism risks, its been even more stringent! Do not need the "wrong" kinda people to enter into US or any decent country for that matter!
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Because Americans have been complacent, and too trusting of elected officials for so long that they have concstructed the laws is such a way that it benefits them more than us (the non-elected citizens).\nIt is too late to do anything about certain laws they have already passed, but we need to become more watchful of our elected officials.
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I can't believe how many people answered your question with more taxes.   Have more taxes ever turned out to bring the American people anything but more government spending?\n\nWe recently had a tax cut, and govt collected tax $s actually went up.  Increasing the tax rate puts less $ in people's pockets.  Less money means less spending, less spending cripples the economy, which means less job, which then in turn means less people paying into social security.\n\nYou would need to privatize the system bc when the govt spends or invests money they do a poor job with it (remember the 1 bill Katrina $s that were misused).  Or you would need to create a wealth building system that  allowed employees to place their money in safer option investments.   You could easily outperform the returns you receive from social security, it's not that hard.  \n\nIf you actually thought taxes were the issue, how about giving Americans ALL the money they earn with the fairtax.   That way, you're not taxed unless you buy something that's not a necessity, so you control your tax bracket, not uncle sam.  Plus, ever illegal immigrant and visitor to the US now pays into SS with everything that they buy when they are here.
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Each of the 50 states can send 2 Senators to congress.  This allows each state equal say in the political process\n\nEach state sends a number of Representatives to the House, the other half of Congress, to represent them.  The thing is, Representatives in the House correlate with the population of each state, so a more populous state has more Representatives than a less populous state.\n\nIt all arose from debate about whether the states should have equal say in the political process or whether it should depend on population.  Our congress is a compromise, the Senate was developed so each state has an equal say, the House for those who thought population should determine how much say each state has, dependent upon population.\n\nNeither has ministries, they simply retain the legislative power, with set rules governing how each half of Congress interacts with each other in making laws.  Each half retains specific powers, and often they share powers as well.  Congress, the House and Senate combined, is simply one of 3 branches of government.  \n\nIf you have any more questions my email is open, so simply ask, and I'll be happy to let you know!
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The cost of living went up and thus, the SSA was trying to help people stay up with the increased cost.
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LOL!!  That's a great point, I hadn't read those statistics.  I guess it's 'cause the Lib's have made a smoke and mirror's campaign suggesting that they fight for the "working man", and since the vast majority of the population makes less then 70K per year, that's who the Dem's try to appeal to.  It makes them look good I suppose to bash people like me, who put themselves through school, worked hard, and now has a job well above the national average.  It's a snow job.  I've always thought that the major distinction between Dem's and Repubs is that Repubs believe it's the governments job to create and sustain a country where you can achieve happiness, while the Dem's of today believe its the governments job to try and provide it.  If you work towards achieving your own happiness, I think you often fall into a higher tax bracket because of your ambition and work ethic.  Good question, thanks!
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Foreign National Debt is above 3 trillion at record levels so I say no. Current US fiscal policy is designed to move wealth to the upper class from the middle class. The government does not seem to want to protect the majority of its people but thats what we deserve for voting in these leaders.
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Your link drives to an add for a company that collects "a small fee" to send mail. Isn't this against the policies for Yahoo! Answers?\n\nRevised: Keep in mind that President Bush directs policy (he asked for Congress to do something about immigration in his State of the Union Address), but the people who are considering the new laws are your Senators and Representatives. These are the best recipients for any letters you wish to write at this time. Congress will take up the question again after their break having failed to get a law passed on Friday, April 7, as they had hoped. Any letters you write to them now are much more likely to get noticed!
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In certain states of the USA it is pending to get rasied. I believe California and Florida are asking for more, I'm not sure though, only because there is so many more immigrants nowadays.
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No I can't since the current law requires the president to be an American-born citizen. Now an American of African decent, no problem. I just watched Colin Powell on Leno last night with the hopes that he would soften a little on the idea of running for President. He would be a good one.
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not sure I understand what you are asking.\n\nif your talking about a states representaion in the house  changes  as the population of the state changes
194312
To prevent a tyranical abuse of power, maintain the US as a republic instead of a dictatorship, and to provide weights and balances in passing special interest laws.\n\nThis is one reason