re: Why aren't these conservative geniuses talking about repealing the 17th?

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Do you honestly think there would be unfunded mandates, or all sorts of other impositions on state authority, by the national government if Senators had to answer to the governors/legislators of their states? Do you think that the tax system would be so incredibly weighted to the feds so that it is almost impossible for states to raise taxes, resulting in some of the current fiscal situations that exist (some of which are due to required state spending under federal law)?

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Yes. In fact it would be worse.

Sure some issues might be better, but the Senate would demand more money be sent to the states. Remember state governments (who would make the selections to the US Senate) don't pay taxes. They DO spend money.