We are not a democracy. We are a constitutional Republic. Which means that we are a representative government, not a democracy. The reason the Founding Fathers chose this over a French style Democracy is because they believed in the individual states rights. That is one of the reasons that the Civil War occurred - State Rights vs. National Rights. If we were not a Constitutional Republic, AL Gore would have been President. Trump is a Populist so he believes in a French Style goverment. Cruz is a Constitutional Republican and therefore believes in State Rights. Perhaps the decision we should make is do we want to be a Democracy or do we want to be Republic. If you cut out all of the BS that I have read on this forum then that is the decision that will be made. Either way, I believe that the Republican Party is dead and will go the way of the Whig Party. Time to create a new one, either with Trump or Cruz. The Republican Party can’t understand the anger because they don’t see that they are the problem. We gave them a mandate with the House and they abused. We gave them a mandate with the Senate, and they abused also. I will not give them the opportunity to abuse it again with all the house, senate and President with my vote. You had your Chance and you blew it. That is the Unity we should be seeking.
And both have to deal with the reality of a Fedzilla that is way larger than it needs to be.
Seems to me the practical way to states rights is to make Fedzilla smaller, something that the populace could be easily led to embrace. That is the lion’s share of its taxes, after all.