Jones Act created water shipping restrictions such that it is effectively compelled to move over-supply in some USA areas to other countries, instead of to another USA port.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/we...
Hunstman skipped doing work in Iowa, which explains why he scored last in Iowa. http://www.foxnews.com/politic...
How do the other conventions differ greatly?
They all follow the same process. If you want something else, move to a caucus state, join a party, go to caucus. It really works to follow the process in caucus states. This is why the bosses are trying to end caucus in general - Nevada GOP recently tried to end it, but the grassroots kept it.
Sure, I thought caucus looked totally corrupt and made for the insiders. And it is! I learned the rules, showed up with dozens of friends, and we controlled a block of delegates at the state convention. Caucus really works if you get involved and work the rules.
"Why do we let
The state order is controlled by the bosses. It does change a little every cycle. For example, GOP bosses changed the order of states to put Romney's strongest states first and his weakest states last, in an effort to make it look "inevitable" that he would be the GOP candidate. Democrats also manipulate the state line-up to favor the corporate-controlled darling of the year.
INTRO: Money and lobbyists in politics is the symptom, not the solution.
Federal Constitution specifies a census to count people to expand the number of seats in House of Representatives. This was capped in 1913, which allowed lobbyists and money to increase influence. We should have ~80,000 or less people per representative, so each person could conceivably have a group lunch with their rep. Now there are over 1 million people per representative, so only those with money (lobbyists) get access.
QUESTION: Instead of focusing on the symptom of money in politics, why not focus on returning to representative government by allowing the House to grow with population?
RESEARCH LINKS:
424 seats in small state of New Hampshire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Federal House seats capped in 1913 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
435 Representatives Can Not Faithfully Represent 300 Million Americans http://www.thirty-thousand.org...
Before smart-guys-and-gals say "30,000 people won't fit", consider meeting in a stadium once a year with tele-conferences the remainder of the sessions. Real representation, and the follow-on impotency of money and lobbyists, is worth the additional cost of paying 30,000 representatives.
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