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Originally Posted by GGG
All taxation and spending should occur as close as possible to the end user. I'm not really a states rights person so would be okay with Canadian style transfers but having the federal government be responsible for things the local government should be responsible for doesn't make sense. Each layer you add just adds inefficiency. Even the whole following up with the states to ensure it is spent appropriately shouldn't be done. The states can put on their big boy pants.
The US budgeting and governance structure is so messed up a kill the patient mentality might just be needed. People need to change how they vote at the state level and party primary level in order to fix the current mess so that extremism in safe seats is eliminated. To motivate people to do that some education is required.
Now I don't live there but when the mess that is created needs to be fixed hopefully not starting from bloated inefficient structures will help.
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I think the States are so different than provinces here in Canada. States suck at efficient management. As Dennis Miller said back before he became conservative, "States can't pave f****** roads." Plus, it can't possibly make sense to have fifty different state entities funding Meals on Wheels programs, especially since a lot of those programs are actually operated by groups that work in several states.
And in addition to being inefficient, many states are jerks to large parts of their own population. Hell, some of these states even started a war to keep large portions of their populations in slavery. We really want to rely on them to take care of people in need?
There are no transfers payments between States so only the federal government can do that between have and have-not states. So everything must be done at federal level. When politicians say "Give it to the states" they really mean cut it.