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Dan Schwartz: “The Constitution that was written in 1787... it's a…”

Featuring: Dan Schwartz, Republican | Former Nevada State Treasurer

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Kevin Wall Radio AM 670

Published | Video Starts at 01:44

We have population booming. At the same time, our country has changed. We're no longer 3 million people stretched along the seaboard. We're 330 million people across the continent. And The Constitution that was written in 1787... it's a different world and our government has become dysfunctional. I don't, as I say, we're a great country. There are many things that were done correctly, but a lot of the institutions that were put into place in the early days just don't work anymore. (01:44–01:59)

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Asserts that the U.S. government is dysfunctional due to outdated constitutional structures.

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