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No, it ended in 1871, when Congress voted DC a private corporation, no longer our federal gov't, 90 yrs before O was a "twinkle"!

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That does make sense. The States are supposed to be in charge, but never were in the 20th century. The nation our forefathers founded ended in the gilded age.

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Yes the states were in charge until 1913. Originally Senators were appointed by state legislatures for no more than two terms of six years. (read constitution) The appointed Senator could be recalled at anytime by state legislature. The *non* ratified 17th Amendment transferred the power from the states to the DC Dictators. It was designed that way by the founders because they were concerned about public becoming fat dumb and happy then not paying attention. Now we are a democracy instead of a Republic. Plus Senators 20-30-40-50 years. BTW Socrates hated democracy and was put to death for it. Learn why here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLJBzhcSWTk

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Actually just before the guilded age, but yes, long before even my oldest grandparent was born, and I'm well into my 8th decade....

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Yes the states were in charge until 1913. Originally Senators were appointed by state legislatures for no more than two terms of six years. (read constitution) The appointed Senator could be recalled at anytime by state legislature. The *non* ratified 17th Amendment transferred the power from the states to the DC Dictators. It was designed that way by the founders because they were concerned about public becoming fat dumb and happy then not paying attention. Now we are a democracy instead of a Republic. Plus Senators 20-30-40-50 years. BTW Socrates hated democracy and was put to death for it. Learn why here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLJBzhcSWTk

You can learn more about 17th here if you wish.

https://devvy.com/abc.html

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