Parliamentary Arithmetic

The major electoral reform has begun, and it began with the General Council of the Seine, for which the Senate, as we know, has just voted on a new composition.
It was absolutely necessary, according to the innovators of Parliament, to put an end to a system that created a flagrant injustice: less populated cantons had the same number of representatives as the more populated cantons. And a law was passed to restore the balance, that is, the latter were divided into two or even three constituencies to give them more elected representatives.
And the result? It is deplorable. Consider:
The cantons of Montreuil, Nogent-sur-Marne, Clichy, and Neuilly will have only one elected representative for every 20,000 inhabitants, in round numbers. While those of Sceaux, Pantin, Villejuif, and Aubervilliers will have one elected official, the constituency having a population of 27,000 to 29,000.

The injustice has simply been shifted, because the desired balance has not been achieved. It is true that the reform will have another result, this one appreciable. The 18 additional general councilors will cost taxpayers 328,000 francs in their emoluments alone. If we add incidental costs to this sum, that's nearly 500,000 francs per year, or half a million, that the already overburdened budget will have to pay out.
This is what the reform, so dear to the politicians of the current majority, has brought us.
"It was certainly not worth it
To change the government,"
the taxpayers will be able to sing, like Madame Angot's Daughter.