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This seems potentially to fit the politics section or debates section better.
At one time what you said might have been true, but in modern times mass-media and rapid communication make ruling a larger land easier. The US's growth is also just in birth and migration. We have not really expanded our territory for decades. So the people are not becoming more spread out. I do believe in states rights, within constitutional limits, but we do need some federal government.
A unitary state of 300 Million people is too big to manage. That's why we are a Federation. Fifty states with an average population of 6 million makes the country a lot easier to manage.
We are well above 300 million population now, and it seems that we are consolidating more and more power in the hands of the federal government in Washington DC.
They (in DC) seem to be corrupt and inept for many things. I think that managing the US is too big of a job for one central government to handle.
We need less federal government and more power concentrated in the hands of the States so that they can "customize" legislation to fit the different needs in each area and control more resources closer to home.
Sure, we need the federal government to make sure there's a cohesive foreign policy, military, a level playing field, and to really enforce and standardize racial equality across the board, but why should the Fed have a say in something decided democratically within each State?
I think that not only is the federal government getting too large, but I think they are not competent enough to efficiently manage a country the size of the US.
The more power we give to DC, the less we have here at home.
And just remember, the more geography you control, the more money you make. That's why federal politicians would be so against this.
Am I crazy, or what?
It is only too big to manage because some feel that it should be managed to achieve federal aims on non-federal issues.
If we go back to the intent of the framers, there would be a heck of a lot less to manage. But we have grown fat and lazy and never seem to vote in candidates or Parties that want less government.
Under Reagan and Bush 43, the role of government soared. The Dems are a disaster. Hoover was the last President advocating limited government--but ran into the being elected during the formation of a huge credit bubble.
the whole idea of having individual States, is so the federal gubment, doesn't have to take care of everything. Their duties are spelled out clearly in the Constitution. But like with most intities, they just want to take on more and more. The "Peter Principle" comes to mind.
The states can already do pretty much as they please, but they remain very conformist. What is it that you want the states to be able to do, that the Federal government won't let them?
Do you know that there no national health care in Canada? There is provincial health care in each of the ten Canadian provinces, and it started in Saskatchewan first, and was so successful, the others all went for it, too. It is the American people who refuse to believe that states can control their own affairs, so every debate becomes "We can't do that in America".
No as logn as the fedreal government does try to mange what local should. Tehfed I will agree it is a poor manager as seen so often because they have to have their nose in evewryhting. Good reason for smaller federal government and in fact for the least ;best mangement possible.For taht they need to lower taxes ;'so loacl governamnt can raise thiers to take over more control instaed of funding coming increassingly from federal to state to loacal government. That would also eliminate alot of waste if people knew it wasn't come from anyone but themsleves to pay for all that pork.
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