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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Subject: Re: Congressional districts are flawed
Date: 04/30/26 10:54 AM
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Unfortunately, looking at the matter from the perspective of how deliberative bodies work…… you’d end up with a ponderous mob, not anything resembling a group of men and women who could weigh and intelligently decide complex issues.

Yeah, being able to get all 4350 members together to vote or debate could be a problem.

We'd probably need to construct a new office building at a minimum. At least one that would have 4350 offices for all those members.

As for debates, we'd either need a new stadium of some sort, or, perhaps we could just allow only 435 members at to be randomly selected (from those who indicated they had something to say) at a time to engage in debate on the current House floor, with the other members attending virtually.

For a size comparison, the Icahn Stadium in Manhattan seats 5000 in a linear arrangement, but it could just as well be made circular, like the Roman Coliseum!

en.wikipedia.org - Icahn Stadium
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