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Old 03-01-2003, 05:02 PM   #43
Timber Loftis
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Well, I think you're taking it to the extreme Wolfgir.

I really think the US-style compromise is a good model. If it's one nation one vote you can get a situation where the vote of 10 million people counts equally to that of 300 million. Same is true with GDP comparisons. That seems inequitable. But, simply having more people in your nation doesn't seem a fair sole factor, either.

The US solved the problem by having two houses: Senate (2 votes per state) and House (votes based on population). Seems a better solution that just choosing one system or the other. I'm sure their are other such compromises possible. I think this was an issue in setting up the EU structure, but don't recall how. What's Canada's legislative structure?
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