“The States are the equivalent of our tailbone. It’s still there but is of little use.”
I disagree, the concept of “Local Control” is just as valid today as it was at the founding of our Republic, the people in a given region will know what is best for them rather then some Beareau office in Washington DC ever will.
You do realize I was being sarcastic . . . well at least a little bit.
I don't want to disagree or agree with you, some things I believe can be kept at a local level, but other things I believe need to push to the highest level of government that is possible. When it comes to the moral absolutes, I believe that we should fight those battles from a National level. That was what I believe the Civil War was about, should the States decide the moral absolutes or the federal government. In the case of the issue of perpetual slavery, the federal government won, instead of some small states run by the money from the big plantation slave owners. Our real downfall in our nation, if there is any, is that a lot of people our pushing aside the moral issues in favor for the perceived economic gain they can get from a particular party.