[Bellagio]

Simply... the states have been seduced by the largess of the public treasury. They have quietly handed over their sovereignty in exchange for economic security/safety.

It's what Benjamin Franklin warned and what we've known would happen if the states fell into slumber and ignorance...

"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." - Benjamin Franklin

[stuckincali]

yes