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BayCityProgressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-28-06 07:54 PM
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Are Bicameral State Legislatures Needed?
I live in Michigan and just do not understand the point of a bicameral state legislature. It seems like a huge waste of tax payer money and bloated bureaucracy. We already have state reps for each district that represent us....so what do we need a state senate for? Maybe I am missing something here so I would really like some other peoples take on this.
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Idioteque Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-28-06 07:57 PM
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1. Not only do I agree with you, I would get rid of the executive branch too.
I would prefer a unicameral state parliament with the Governor being the head of the majority party and a cabinet made up of legislators.
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BayCityProgressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-28-06 08:01 PM
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3. as would I.
I am a left winger who detests government red tape and bureaucracy. I think it hurts the democratic process.
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Tace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-28-06 08:01 PM
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2. It Seems That The States All Adopted A System Like The Federal System...
which was set up as a system of checks and balances. I can't speak for Michigan, although I lived in Detroit for 10 years, but I like the bi-cameral system of government.
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BayCityProgressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-28-06 08:02 PM
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4. Well
if each district is already represented...why would a district need a check and balance on itself?
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Idioteque Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-28-06 08:06 PM
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5. In some states, each Senate district is made up of 2 house districts...
...what's the point? I could understand if the Senate was by county or something just like the US Senate is by State but having a Senate seat equal to exactly two house seats is dumb.
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BayCityProgressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-28-06 08:07 PM
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6. it just seems like more
opportunities for the pigs at the trough to pass through more pet projects and kick backs.
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stevedeshazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-28-06 08:21 PM
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7. There is one state that has a unicameral legislature
Nebraska.

It seems to work well. Another progressive success.

http://www.unicam.state.ne.us/learning/history.htm
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dsc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-28-06 08:24 PM
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8. In many states the Senate used to be by county
but then the one person one vote decisions were handed down and the Senates were changed. In some states it is a little harder to pass things as a majority in the Senate kind of like in the US Congress.
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