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On the recordSeptember 6, 2016
the fact that the Senate is grossly unrepresentative of the actual population distribution of the States results in about $.5 trillion per year wealth transfer from the high-population States, which are underrepresented in the Senate, to the low-population States, which are overrepresented in their power in the Senate
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Bill Foster
Democratic · Illinois

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Foster discusses the unequal representation in the Senate affecting wealth distribution.

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