Williams is right about lobbyists not being able to easily manipulate such a large House of Representatives. It would be next to impossible for anyone to get such a large body to do anything. Maybe that's not so bad.

"I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on the objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents."
-- James Madison

Yes, but even more so, if the original intent of the constitution concerning powers was followed. That "any power not specifically given to the federal government belongs to the states." Then the opportunity of lobbyists would be very limited as they would have to travel to every state in the union to achieve the same influence they get with a relative few visits to congressmen in our nation's capital.

You hit it right on the head again as you do most of the time. Now you just need to propose a solution.

I know Utahans love to argue the virtues of state's rights. Remember the last republican that wrote a book on virtues was addicted to gambling.

The "Extermination Order," singed by Governor Boggs only had power because of the lack of federalism. Today, there can be no extermination orders. The federal courts are filled by activist judges that would throw it out. Federal troop would be brought in to see it wasn't enforced.

The world didn't stop at Madison. America isn't an agrarian society, with joyful slaves worked the fields and bearing the children of their slave masters.

The good old days where that great or things would have remained the same.

The answer to the venality of politicians in Congress is to have more congressmen and congresswomen? Isn't that like saying the answer to obesity is more ice cream?

Well, there are already too many congress-critters for any of them to be held personally responsible for their own depredations, so having 1000 congress-critters, each paid half as much, with a quarter of the benefits, would be a big improvement.

Both compensation to congress-critters and ratios of representation were addressed in the first two amendments of the Bill of Rights:
"After the first enumeration required by the first Article of the Constitution, there shall be one Representative for every thirty thousand..."
and
"No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives..."

When the 2nd was finally ratified, they zipped into action to nullify it by enacting automatic compensation increases; and, unfortunately, the 1st became null through open-ended wording.

To: The Answer. No, You don't give them the Ice Cream. You just ahve much, much more of it around to counter global warming.