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"It's a transaction that some people would like to engage in, and other people don't think they should be allowed to, even if it's hard to see how those other people are harmed," he says.
The U.S. Map Redrawn as 50 States With Equal Population | Mental Floss
I think it's time to redistrict America into 50 states of equal population. Each new state would create a new constitution, new state laws, an elect new senators to the US Senate. This would fix both the US Electoral College and the US Senate, making them representative bodies -- while remaining consistent with the federal constitution.
Every ten years, the US Congress would redistrict state lines to ensure all 50 states remain equal population. Businesses and people would occasionally end up being redistricted into a new state with new laws, but if they didn't like the state they were put in my Congress, they could always move.
While creating all new state governments would be disruptive to economy in short run, having an equal population states built around communities of interest would be much more representative of the will of the people. I think the "revolutionary" headache of adopting equal population states would pay off in the long-run.
Why I Hope to Die at 75
"But here is a simple truth that many of us seem to resist: living too long is also a loss. It renders many of us, if not disabled, then faltering and declining, a state that may not be worse than death but is nonetheless deprived. It robs us of our creativity and ability to contribute to work, society, the world. It transforms how people experience us, relate to us, and, most important, remember us. We are no longer remembered as vibrant and engaged but as feeble, ineffectual, even pathetic."
Amid Climate Change, FEMA And Government Aid Widen Wealth Inequality
mikep7810 – Preparing For A Storm (with a PTO Gen-Set)
I had never seen a PTO-powered gen-set before. Obviously, it's a piece of equipment that makes a lot of sense for a dairy to have, as they already have big powerful tractors with PTOs to spin a gen-set -- and lost of grid power could lead to spoilage of a lot of expensive milk and a lot of hand-milking. Mike Price does a nice job explaining how the PTO-powered generators work, and the backup switch they use to switch the load over on the farm.
How one North Country dairy farmer is surviving the long slump in milk prices
Still Some Deeper Snow In Parts
