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[Thomas Beckett <thomas AT tbeckett.com>]

James Dasher wrote:
> The problem stems from limiting the number of Representatives to the 
> U.S. House; and both Senators and Representatives in the General Assembly.
>
> IIRC, the Constitution originally mandated one Representative for every 
> 60,000 people.  Today, the number is capped at 435.  Thus, each citizen 
> matters less as the population grows.  It ain't quite taxation without 
> representation, but it's certainly taxation with less and less 
> representation.

Article I, Section 2
 Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the 
several States which may be included within this Union, according to 
their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the 
whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a 
Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all 
other Persons. The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years 
after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within 
every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law 
direct. The Number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every 
thirty Thousand, but each State shall have at Least one Representative; 
and until such enumeration shall be made, the State of New Hampshire 
shall be entitled to chuse three, Massachusetts eight, Rhode-Island and 
Providence Plantations one, Connecticut five, New-York six, New Jersey 
four, Pennsylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten, 
North Carolina five, South Carolina five, and Georgia three.