[DBCJR]

Please enlighten

[Still Thinking]

Well, our government, while called the "Federal" government, is called that because that's what it was supposed to be, not because of what it has become, so it's kind of a misnomer. It would be more accurate to called it the "national" government, or even the "Nazi" government, since it is national, and socialist.

It was supposed to be a federation of mostly autonomous states. The word "state" in fact is normally used for a sovereign nation.

This is the concept referred to by the word "Federalism", so "strong Federalism" would be a form of government with powerful states and less power in Washington, not a stronger Federal goobermint. I fully agree with you that this would be a good thing.