Despite arriving at the conclusion that Americ is too big to function well through a bogus path, he's not the first person to wonder about that. I certainly have.
I'm not sure that extreme Federalism is the answer, because the 50 states are, most of them, individually too small; it's the opposite extreme, foregoing economies of scale and a large collective resource base to fund a huge collective military (the common defense), not to mention initiatives to promote the general welfare. Our system is a lot like an insurance pool, and the effectiveness of insurance pools depends on the size of the resources they can aggregate.
What about the old notion of "The Seven States of North America"? Such a system would probably still require a common security framework, but seven regional-scale nations would be big enough to take care of their own domestic needs.
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What do you think of SDAI-Tech1's conclusion?
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- "The PreElection Paradox"
- He makes good points
- " to dismiss people's concerns about the future when you live in one of the better neighborhoods in your town seems a bit holier-than-thou"
- re: He makes good points
- Flawed poll
- over three-quarters of Americans are satisfied with their health care. I have seen numbers as high as 90 percent
- Sorry...
- out my behind
- Medical care
- Once again
- Medicare and Medicaid
- particularly in R & D, are subsidized by the private health care infrastructure in the U.S.
- Medical patents
- these stats
- Very good point.
- You're fighting a losing battle
- A conservative is somebody who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing
- Let's try not to whitewash the main point...
- A conservative is somebody who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing
- these stats
- Medical patents
- "Some say I have a big behind"....
- Medical care
- Humph
- out my behind
- Sorry...
- He makes good points