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He seventeenth amendment to the us constitution calls for the direct election of all us senators. this means that the people of each state get to vote to decide who will be their two us senators. before this, the legislatures of each state chose the two us senators from that state with no direct involvement of the average voter. why would this amendment be considered a reform? how would it benefit the people? even today some people claim that the seventeenth amendment was a bad idea. what arguments could be made for reverting selection of us senators back to the state legislatures?

In 2001 mexico imposed a 20% tax on all soft drinks not made from sugar cane high fractals corn sit-up which is made from corn, is often used in place of cane sugar to manufacture soft drinks. which nation would most likely be impacted by mexico’s policy change?

What happened as agriculture became entrenched in the south ?