That’s a very good introduction of Thirty-Thousand.org (TTO). The problem today is that the Congressional representatives' constituents are the special interests instead of the citizens. In fact, we are no longer citizens, we are federal subjects.

Even though TTO is non-partisan, support expressed by libertarians and classical liberals is especially helpful because you all are known to oppose enlarging government. The most common objection raised to enlarging our representation is that it would make the government bigger whereas, in fact, it would produce the opposite result! This common misperception is due to the fact that most people do not realize that governance is distinctly different than government.

Dr. Mark Thornton has written two papers providing empirical evidence that total governmental expenditures decrease as the number of representatives increases. Please listen to Lew Rockwell's interview of Dr. Thornton.

Also, please read Walter Williams' article "Political Monopoly Power" in which he states that "restricting the number of representatives confers significant monopoly power that goes a long way toward explaining the stranglehold the two parties have and the high incumbent success rates. It might also explain the power of vested interest groups to influence congressional decisions."

Finally, it is worth noting that the first amendment proposed in our Bill of Rights was intended to prevent this very problem from occurring. Unfortunately, because that amendment, Article the first, was rendered defective in the closing hours of the first Congress, it was never ratified as intended.

I’d be interested to develop some kind of activism on this important topic. Keep up the great work!

You are already doing that just by your posting. This is a "grass roots" effort in the truest sense. Every vested interest is opposed enlarging the citizens' representation. Why? Think about this: according to OpenSecrets.org there are over 14,400 lobbyists in D.C. (as of 2008). Let's do the math; that's 27 lobbyists per congressman (for 435 Reps + 100 Senators). If there were one Rep for every 50,000, then there would need to be 164,700 lobbyists to produce the same effect! Of course, the Representatives would then return to serving the citizens instead of the powerful special interests. In fact, current technology would allow most of the Representatives to serve in their home districts (where we could keep an eye on them). Only a few hundred need meet in to work in committees.

As far as encouraging more activist support, please e-mail suggestions to me. We need ideas. In 2009, I would like to start a PHPbb build a community of interest around this cause. There would need to be several moderators committed to keep it on track because I couldn't do it.