Congress has the authority to lay and collect taxes to provide for our common defense and promote the general welfare of the nation as a whole,
power delegated to tax and spend is limiteda power to tax and spend.
Spending money for any other purpose is unconstitution.
Congress can only spend money on things that are ncecessary and proper and most of the trillions of dollars the government spends is neither necessary or proper.
Borrowing trillions of dollars to pay for unconstititional programs and project benefits the lenders and turns us into perpetual debt slaves.
Borrowing money is unnecessary as Congress has the authority to issue all of money we need.
The taxes needed to pay the interest on the debt could be eliminated if we stopped spending money on things we don't need and can't afford.
After extensive debate, the framers of the Constitution agreed to create the House with representation based on Proportiomal Representation and the Senate based on equal representation.
States with twice as many people would be entitled to twice as many representatatives.and as the popularion of a state increased over time the ratio between the number of people and the number of representatives would remain constant.
The Founding Fathers established that each state would be entitled to one representative for every 30,000 inhabitants.
In Federalist 55 - Madison addressed a range of important issues, including the proper size of the House of Representatives, the role of representation in a republican government, and the importance of civic republican virtue.
In Federalist 56 - One of the criticisms raised against the Constitution was that there were too few members in the House of Representatives to adequately represent constituents.
The rule reads: “The Number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every Thirty Thousand.” This clause was intended to limit the size of Congressional District, not to limit the number of Congressional representatives
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Congress has the authority to lay and collect taxes to provide for our common defense and promote the general welfare of the nation as a whole,
power delegated to tax and spend is limiteda power to tax and spend.
Spending money for any other purpose is unconstitution.
Congress can only spend money on things that are ncecessary and proper and most of the trillions of dollars the government spends is neither necessary or proper.
Borrowing trillions of dollars to pay for unconstititional programs and project benefits the lenders and turns us into perpetual debt slaves.
Borrowing money is unnecessary as Congress has the authority to issue all of money we need.
The taxes needed to pay the interest on the debt could be eliminated if we stopped spending money on things we don't need and can't afford.
Proportional Representation
After extensive debate, the framers of the Constitution agreed to create the House with representation based on Proportiomal Representation and the Senate based on equal representation.
States with twice as many people would be entitled to twice as many representatatives.and as the popularion of a state increased over time the ratio between the number of people and the number of representatives would remain constant.
The Founding Fathers established that each state would be entitled to one representative for every 30,000 inhabitants.
In Federalist 55 - Madison addressed a range of important issues, including the proper size of the House of Representatives, the role of representation in a republican government, and the importance of civic republican virtue.
In Federalist 56 - One of the criticisms raised against the Constitution was that there were too few members in the House of Representatives to adequately represent constituents.
The rule reads: “The Number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every Thirty Thousand.” This clause was intended to limit the size of Congressional District, not to limit the number of Congressional representatives
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