How did george clinton respond differently than benjamin franklin to the proposition that the new federal government have a strong executive branch?

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?

What was a common consequence if sir edwin sandys system of indentured servitude

In an economic downturn, what can happen in countries that depend on high taxes to fund social programs?