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South Korea’s K-shaped economy where chip giants give out $1 million bonuses to staff

Xebec said:
The US Congress is the perfect example of the antithesis of meritocracy...
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Well, it's not supposed to be, at least in a perfect world (which obviously we don't live in). In theory, voters cast a ballot for the best candidate for the job. Reality is depressing.

A lot of people don't know this, but until 1913, US senators were elected by each state's legislators, not by popular votes. The 17th Amendment to the Constitution (in 1913) changed elections for senators to "direct election". In the Senate's own words:

U.S. Senate: Landmark Legislation: The Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution

Landmark Legislation: Seventeenth Amendment
www.senate.gov www.senate.gov

I'm not sure which method of choosing senators is better...
 
blueone said:
Well, it's not supposed to be, at least in a perfect world (which obviously we don't live in). In theory, voters cast a ballot for the best candidate for the job. Reality is depressing.

A lot of people don't know this, but until 1913, US senators were elected by each state's legislators, not by popular votes. The 17th Amendment to the Constitution (in 1913) changed elections for senators to "direct election". In the Senate's own words:

U.S. Senate: Landmark Legislation: The Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution

Landmark Legislation: Seventeenth Amendment
www.senate.gov www.senate.gov

I'm not sure which method of choosing senators is better...
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TIL
 
blueone said:
I agree on both points. In fact on the immigration point, I have never understood why the US can't figure out and implement a reasonable immigration policy. We need a guest worker program, and we need to make it easier for people who will add real value to achieve citizenship. It seems our policy has only two states: anything goes, and close the border. Both of these options are dumb.
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I worked with an excellent engineer from Korea. As an only child he felt an obligation to care for his parents, who were older and starting to have health problems. After two years of trying to get them entry into the US he gave up and went back home to work for Samsung. No one has ever been able to convince me that was in our country's best interest. :(
 
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