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Economic Gerrymandering

An alternative to the money-dictators of both parties determining primary candidates, is "Economic Gerrymandering or Re-Districting." Suppose a state has ten Congressional Districts. Geographical districts should be replaced with districts based on reported income before deductions. A state would divide the citizens into ten groups based on income. Brainbees would be used to primarize a candidate for each district using Timism's rule of the thumb: Final 7 becomes Runoff 2 with a Winner. Candidates must be within the economic district based on gross income.

With political gerrymandering, candidates tend to come from the upper economic stratum. Political gerrymandering is one reason that the rich get richer and poor get poorer. In a zero-sum world, one group cannot be privileged without causing the under-privileged. Privileges result from public law-making being used for enriching private laws which in Latin is privileges.

With economic gerrymandering, all levels of society have a voice in public policy-making. Economic and social injustices will become less. This is better demos kratia: Divisioning people to rule on their problems.

With the mass communication of radio, TV and internet, pressing the flesh of one's geographical area is less important compared to screen time. Political ads cost a lot of money which the rich donate only for later legislative benefits. (The 2024 elections cost around $20 billion which is 50% more than cost the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier. [Most importantly, that unneeded spending feeds the elephant in the room: Climate Change.])Thus, economic districts make the move from geography to the more important principle that people vote their billfold, i.e., "It's the economy, stupid."

In order to have economic gerrymandering for states with only one or two districts based on population (about 760,000 per disrict), the principle of multi-state authorities provides a model, e.g., Port Authority of New York. The states would still have their own Senators for states rights.

**Economic Gerrymandering Authorities**
Authority	Districts	States (Districts in each state)
Appalachian	8	Kentucky(6) and West Virginia(2)
Chesapeake	9	Delaware(1) and Maryland(8)
Highplains	4	Montana(2), North Dakota (1) and South Dakota(1)
Mountain	3	Idaho (2) and Wyoming(1)
Pacific	3	Alaska(1) and Hawaii(2)
Seaport	7	Connecticut(5) and Rhode Island(2)
New England	5	Maine(2), New Hampshire(2) and Vermont(1)

For states with more than 12 Congressional Districts, the state would be divided into substates. California would have the following substates: urban, rural, suburban, coastal and mountain. Otherwise, 52 economic grades would have problems. Better to rich, middle-class and poor re-presentatives from different geographical areas.

Economic gerrymandering would promote level rights, that is, rights for each level of society from the bottom to the top. To quote Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Mayor of Minneapolis at the 1948 Democratic Presidential Convention,

"Get out of the shadow of states' rights and walk forthrightly
into the bright sunshine of human rights."

Economic gerrymandering is one of many simple solutions to eliminate the worsening political and economic nightmares that cloud the hopes and dreams of humanity.

The Question that the press needs to ask of Virginia Governor Spanberger:
"Which form of gerrymandering is best for re-presenting the needs of America's citizens from bottom to top:

Political re-districting of, by, and for politicians, or,
Economic re-districting

or,
re-presentation by members of each economic level?

(England would have a more efficient and representative government if its 650 districts of the House of Commons were organized into 65 super-districts and implemented economic gerrymandering for each district. There would still be 650 districts and 65 Senators to replace/complement the House of Lords.)

Economic Re-districting is literal democracy: demos kratia, dividing people to rule. It is not the following.

American Apartheid Homelands
The national Black vote was diluted in the 1970s by devopment of 35 American Apartheid Congressional Districts. Previously, over 200 Districts had Black voter comprising 5% to 10% of electorate. Given elections are often determined by smaller percentage points, this a sizable voting block. Thus, office-seekers had to court the Black vote. Which is a more powerful Congressional block of votes: 35 or 200? When asked what he would do for Blacks after losing his Black voters, one long-term white Congressman responded he no longer cared about Black issues.
One result is done-nothing Black habitual Representatives. One served 52 years. This is Animal Farm, new two-leggers enjoying long-term cushy jobs.

Do you think these gerrymandered district are red or blue?
Au contraire for Jewish voters: They don't want Jewish Congressional districts. They prefer to have their Congressional clout spread among as many Districts as possible. Which demographic tail wags the Washington dog? The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters in World War 2 showed how the organized Black common man has more power than those Blacks riding first class. Assisted by white racists, Blacks traded their workhorse Model-T's for engine-less shiny new Cadillacs.
(Images of Politically Gerrymandered Congressional Districts)
During the eras of slavery and JimCrow, small percentages of Blacks worked their way to more freedom for choosing their destiny and their happiness. America's Apartheid Homelands constitute political redlining of Black aspirations for a better life. Within Black culture there are modern day plantation masters and bombas who will not give up their lofty immoral tenures for better Black democracy.
One can argue that a defining element of MAGA and White Christian talking points is the igknowant belief in the power of the Black Congressional Caucus. In truth, Black Congressional Districts have limited Black progress to symbolic tokens instead of grassroots progress. The highly visible "Black Congressional Caucus" feeds into the "White Displacement" conspiracy.
Initiated by Republicans as "boutique" districts in the mid-1960s with George H.W. Bush, Houston's district, re-districting by Republicans should always be suspect worthy of review for the long-term implications. Black Congressional Districts sounds good as a sound-byte but in the end Republicans won the political battle. It is akin to how Southern Conservative were behind the 1808 ban on importing slaves. "Yea", says the quick thinking freedom activist. Wrong. The ban initiate a common economic ploy by conserversatives throughout history: Cut the supply and prices go up. The price for slaves born on plantations. Low-information, short-thinkers always get sucker-punched, e.g, MAGA minions.
Blacks, moreso than non-Blacks should support Economic Gerrymandering as it will end the political redlining of American Apartheid Homelands. Economic Gerrymandering will put all classes of shared values into the same districts rather than many white value districts and few black value districts.

**American Apartheid Homelands**
The national Black vote was diluted in the 1970s by devopment of 35 American Apartheid Congressional Districts. Previously, over 200 Districts had Black voter comprising 5% to 10% of electorate. Given elections are often determined by smaller percentage points, this a sizable voting block. Thus, office-seekers had to court the Black vote. Which is a more powerful Congressional block of votes: 35 or 200? When asked what he would do for Blacks after losing his Black voters, one long-term white Congressman responded he no longer cared about Black issues. One result is done-nothing Black habitual Representatives. One served 52 years. This is Animal Farm, new two-leggers enjoying long-term cushy jobs. Do you think these gerrymandered district are red or blue? Au contraire for Jewish voters: They don't want Jewish Congressional districts. They prefer to have their Congressional clout spread among as many Districts as possible. Which demographic tail wags the Washington dog? The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters in World War 2 showed how the organized Black common man has more power than those Blacks riding first class. Assisted by white racists, Blacks traded their workhorse Model-T's for engine-less shiny new Cadillacs. (Images of Politically Gerrymandered Congressional Districts) During the eras of slavery and JimCrow, small percentages of Blacks worked their way to more freedom for choosing their destiny and their happiness. America's Apartheid Homelands constitute political redlining of Black aspirations for a better life. Within Black culture there are modern day plantation masters and bombas who will not give up their lofty immoral tenures for better Black democracy. One can argue that a defining element of MAGA and White Christian talking points is the igknowant belief in the power of the Black Congressional Caucus. In truth, Black Congressional Districts have limited Black progress to symbolic tokens instead of grassroots progress. The highly visible "Black Congressional Caucus" feeds into the "White Displacement" conspiracy. Initiated by Republicans as "boutique" districts in the mid-1960s with George H.W. Bush, Houston's district, re-districting by Republicans should always be suspect worthy of review for the long-term implications. Black Congressional Districts sounds good as a sound-byte but in the end Republicans won the political battle. It is akin to how Southern Conservative were behind the 1808 ban on importing slaves. "Yea", says the quick thinking freedom activist. Wrong. The ban initiate a common economic ploy by conserversatives throughout history: Cut the supply and prices go up. The price for slaves born on plantations. Low-information, short-thinkers always get sucker-punched, e.g, MAGA minions. Blacks, moreso than non-Blacks should support Economic Gerrymandering as it will end the political redlining of American Apartheid Homelands. Economic Gerrymandering will put all classes of shared values into the same districts rather than many white value districts and few black value districts.

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