Can someone remind me again why Iowa gets to take lead in deciding who runs the country? What does Iowa do for this country? What do they produce? Corn? Ethanol? What? If Republicans want to run this country like a business then let's do that. Let's let the people who bring the most money into the business have the biggest voice in who manages that money. Just like in any other business. And that would make the primary season; California, Texas, New York, and then on down the line.
Sometimes this disparity really grates on me. California is the 8th largest economy in the world, and by far the biggest powerhouse in the economy of the US. In fact most all of the other states live off Federal pork provided by California, Texas and New York.
I'm always reminded of this when I drive around South Carolina on miles and miles of beautifully paved highways with nothing on them but, well, nothing. Maybe a shack or two and a church. And I ask myself, how can they afford this? There is no economic base in South Carolina. Answer, they can't. They take pork from the Federal government provided by me and the companies in Califonria and they pave the roads. Then I drive around my roads on potholes and uneven pavement and I think, wow, that really sucks.
It's more than just choosing the next President. California should be the lead on almost every policy decision. Rest of the country likes driving around in their subsidized 10MPG super tanks? No, no, thanks for playing. 45 MPG should be the standard. Rest of the country think that stem cells are to be protected? Yeah, not so much, the biotech industry in California needs stem cells to be competitive in the global economy so it gets to make that choice.
One man one vote made sense when this country was a completely agrarian society. That's no longer fitting. My vote should be weighted by my impact on the economy. If I work in a growth sector that's fueling the Federal budget then I should have the lion's share of the say on how it's spent. And if someone else is just living off the pork, well, they better start looking to upgrade their skills and join the real economy otherwise their not going to have a voice in how money is spent.
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