What power do you confer on them? Why have comminities, town councils.. Why have anything but fedgov?
Obviously they aren't needed and people don't desire them.
You have put your finger directly on the problem with some libertarians. They want an omnipotent central government using their rules. They worship at the feet of the fourteenth amendment because of that.
Several good reasons I can think of: 1) protection of people and property from other people, 2) decentralization of government, 3) competition.
What power do you confer on them? Why have comminities, town councils. Why have anything but fedgov? Obviously they aren't needed and people don't desire them.
Well, I would agree that there is much government that is unnecessary. There is far too much repetition from overlapping which results in inefficiency and waste.
The purpose of the fedgov is defined in Article 1, Section 8 of the US Constitution. It has very few duties.