[bomelia]

When Obama says "America wants health care reform" just who the hell is he talking about? The 52% landslide that elected him? What about the 48% who opposed him? What do they want? I am sick and tired of hearing that "America wants this". America wants no such thing! Yes, a percentage does. But a very large percentage does not.

Has our system morphed into a version of taxation with out representation? It would seem so to me. How this can happen is when the number of represenatives (and Senators) presents a small ratio to the population. We need finer granularity in the House and Senate. The Senate alone probably drives this 50% thing more than any other factor. Maybe it is time to consider ammendments to the constitution to increase the number of senators.

I am tired of taxation without represenatation. Not in my state mind you, my senators do represent my views. But I am sure others in my state would like to see more liberal Senators.

How in the world can 100 Senators represent fairly the viewpoints of tax payers when our population approaches 500,000,000 or even a billion? Its insane. And it is exactly why we have a polarized country. Large population centers elect liberal Senators. But the size of our country insures for the time being a realtively stable split in the Senate. That will not last.

Mike