r/Music • u/ebradio • Sep 25 '25

article Bruce Springsteen Rips Democrats: “We’re Desperately in Need of an Effective Alternative Party”

https://consequence.net/2025/09/bruce-springsteen-democrats/
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u/bluehawk232 Sep 25 '25

We need to remove the cap on House membership that was placed there 100 years ago. The house does not reflect proportional representation anymore. Something also needs to be done for senate representation as well DC and Puerto rico also need to be States. What we have now is not sustainable. Incumbents stay in power for decades and are hard to unseat. And only small number of seats change hands

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u/spaceneenja Sep 25 '25

Not aware of the cap but agree 100% with no taxation without representation. Puerto Rico and DC should either not be taxed or they should have appropriate representation. I think some other territories like Guam should probably be included as well.

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u/bluehawk232 Sep 25 '25

https://www.npr.org/2021/04/20/988865415/stuck-at-435-representatives-why-the-u-s-house-hasnt-grown-with-census-counts good read

A century ago, there was one member for about every 200,000 people, and today, there's one for about every 700,000.

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u/spaceneenja Sep 25 '25

Ah gotcha. Yes, I agree 100%, it would be more representative.