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To: Ohioan
Consider the increasing Federalization of inherently local concerns . . .

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Federal refers to the states. Articles of Confederation. Confederate States of America.

The term Federal Government itself became a misnomer after 1913. It is used today entirely out of habit and nothing else.

14 posted on 07/31/2014 12:51:02 PM PDT by Jacquerie (Article V. If not now, when?)
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To: Jacquerie
"Federalization" refers to the taking of functions from the States to the agency they created in 1787-1789. What was delegated in the Constitution was actually functional. What has been happening in recent decades is not. Layering bureaucracy from Washington over functions retained by the States & local communities, is functionally analogous to pouring sand into an engine.

Consider, for example of just how stupid this process is, Jefferson's description of how "Welfare" worked in the newly independent Virginia: Jefferson On Welfare.

15 posted on 07/31/2014 12:59:23 PM PDT by Ohioan
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