Re: Iraqi federalism and land rent




<royls@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On 27 Aug 2005 07:17:23 -0700, "ruetheday@xxxxxxxxxx"
> <ruetheday@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>>I have often stated that resource rents rightly go to the community's
>>>ultimate resource allocation and tenure-securing authority -- the
>>>sovereign nation -- for allocation by democratic process.
>>
>>That may prove difficult in a country like the US where the structure
>>of the legislature significantly overrepresents people in sparsely
>>populated states.
>
> But that is a flaw in the US constitution, not in my argument.
>
>>I'm not sure I want folks in Iowa deciding where to
>>direct revenue received from land rents in New York and California.
>
> ?? Folks in Iowa wouldn't decide, of course. Iowa's voice is much
> fainter than NY's or CA's.

Not in the US Senate.

>
> -- Roy L


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