Comments on: Rachel Maddow: Partisan Hack?

By: theunknownamerican

theunknownamerican — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 06:26:13 +0000

The problem is is how do we convince our fellow Americans that this is best. I believe the argument should never be about a single issue since that would split people between left and right but about how to maximize individual freedom. Having government at the local level does this because a small town that wants to ban gambling can't force people living a few miles away into the same law thus preserving the individual choice about how people want to live their lives. The small town that doesn't want to gamble can simply pass an ordance declaring so while the other can declare the opposite. Each population is immune from the control of the other.

By: asdf

asdf — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 02:54:24 +0000

This is an excellent philosophy, which is basically equivalent to maximizing decentralization: Issues should always be handled at the lowest possible level of government. This gives the people more representation at the local level; essentially, increasing democracy and reducing bureaucracy. Why should one state/city/etc have any say over what another does, when the issue in question can be handled by each for themselves.

It pleases me to see such thinking coming out of the woodwork.

By: Monorprise

Monorprise — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 00:05:33 +0000

O there is!

You should pay more attention to the diversity of the State governments in this country, many of them are themselves akin to federal systems. With highly decentralized powers held by the county or City level.

Indeed speaking of city's in many states it has gone so far as to make the city's almost entirely autonomous. You should look into it, as there is a lot there to look into.

The problem is in many states that do, do this the state can't decentralized power it no longer holds. lol

By: theunknownamerican

theunknownamerican — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 22:12:32 +0000

I wish their was a way we can turn states into federal systems as well where laws are made on the country or city level.

By: Monorprise

Monorprise — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 20:39:40 +0000

State and local governments are generally less inclined to do things that rob rights from the individual business cause such individuals could simply pick up and leave their state and take their tax generating business and/or labor with em.

So unlike the Federal government the State doesn't have unchecked authority when it comes to individual discrimination(including ethic) matters.

An individual can vote themselves free with their feet. A state has to keep that fact in mind, the feds commonly disregard it.

By: Monorprise

Monorprise — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 20:35:10 +0000

Federal racism is worse then State racism cause Federal racism you cant escape with your feet.

By: Monorprise

Monorprise — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 20:33:37 +0000

We will be waiting, allies changing balefully we will retain more and more of our "new friends" to cling to the simple truths rather then loyalty to a blind faithless faction each time. Eventually the 2 party's will both get the clue that all 300 million of us can't be governed under one big roof on all domestic matters and be happy.

By: theunknownamerican

theunknownamerican — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 08:08:17 +0000

I've noticed this to. Its like they assume an all powerful federal government will do perfect justice but an all powerful state government will do perfect evil. They are both all powerful government composed of the same people so both can be equally oppressive when given the chance. What makes federalism work is the checks that state and federal apply to each other. Right now the federal is way out of balance and has to be scaled back so states can put a healthy check on them.

By: vesey

vesey — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 06:29:36 +0000

Derek has come across "an inconvenient truth" that socialist don't want to hear because this being the case then where is the need of government control of all aspects of life ?? Clearly there is none. The governments should'nt have passed Jim Crow laws in the first place. Those laws were correctly seen as bad and unconstitutional not because they were against a minority but because they were telling people who to associate with. Yet then liberals turned right around and did their own social engineering in 1964 as if somehow their intrusion was any better. The government should stay away from telling businesses or anyone for that matter who to interact with. Who we as individuals choose to associate with is morally neutral . It only becomes immoral when we or the government tells others who to or not to associate and interact with…………

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