I would say that it is not the system of Senator/Reps voting for the interest of their own states but in the amount of representation provided to each individual.
When the government was formed, constitution set, there was proportional representation that was taken into account to figure out how many senators/representatives to put in place. Aside from additions based on new States, the system is pretty much still using the same set of numbers. What this means is that now, with a much larger population, each representative/senator is covering the interests of more individuals. This is where I feel there is a problem with the current system.
The solution, return the ratios to something more like the ratio established when the Constitution was written. Some may say that larger government is a bad thing, and in some cases it is, but to me, having a more representative government would allow for the expansion of parties from the base 2 that we now have (appolgies to the other parties that just don't get their fair share) and would allow more individuals the opportunity to contact their representatives.
It may not be the best solution, but it would do a lot to make the government more attentive to the wishes of the people it is supposed to serve.
What most everyone seems to be missing is that the DOJ does not get to decide the sentence for MS. That is in the hands of the judge the case was handed to. She can still break the company into little mini-microsoft clones if she wants to. There is a degree of less likelyhood to that happening, but it does not change the fact that it is up to her not Ashcroft, Bush or the DOJ.
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I would say that it is not the system of Senator/Reps voting for the interest of their own states but in the amount of representation provided to each individual.
When the government was formed, constitution set, there was proportional representation that was taken into account to figure out how many senators/representatives to put in place. Aside from additions based on new States, the system is pretty much still using the same set of numbers. What this means is that now, with a much larger population, each representative/senator is covering the interests of more individuals. This is where I feel there is a problem with the current system.
The solution, return the ratios to something more like the ratio established when the Constitution was written. Some may say that larger government is a bad thing, and in some cases it is, but to me, having a more representative government would allow for the expansion of parties from the base 2 that we now have (appolgies to the other parties that just don't get their fair share) and would allow more individuals the opportunity to contact their representatives.
It may not be the best solution, but it would do a lot to make the government more attentive to the wishes of the people it is supposed to serve.
What most everyone seems to be missing is that the DOJ does not get to decide the sentence for MS. That is in the hands of the judge the case was handed to. She can still break the company into little mini-microsoft clones if she wants to. There is a degree of less likelyhood to that happening, but it does not change the fact that it is up to her not Ashcroft, Bush or the DOJ.