https://democraticunderground.com/100214770442#post18Pantagruel (1,191 posts)
Statehood is the problem
The idea that 50 states under the U.S.A. banner, each with their own legal structure, can ever function efficiently to fight common national problems has become obsolete. We need NATIONAL Electoral systems, ID's, gun laws, drug laws , medical standards, etc., etc.
Dr. Fauci bemoans the symptoms, not the underlying structural weakness.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/531787-fauci-states-differing-responses-a-major-weakness-in-fighting-coronavirus
NRaleighLiberal (53,250 posts)
1. hell, yes - each state is its own country. These days, the cities are their own country.
Walleye (3,748 posts)
2. What we need is a federal government that's willing to step up and do their job.
The way YOU think it should be done, right?
dawg day (6,638 posts)
3. Also statelines are generally arbitrary and can be crossed easily
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No passport, no permission needed. I can buy my furniture in the state to the east with lower sales tax, marijuana in the state to the north where it's legal, and alcohol to the south where they have only a minor liquor tax.
I can get married easily in one state and divorced easily in another.
Plus of course if I had guns, I could carry them into states where guns are limited. It's all pretty dumb.
It's all pretty genius if you ask me. If you want to live in a liberal hell hole, that's your business, leave me alone.
Squinch (34,750 posts)
9. I live in New York. It's not perfect, but I really don't want Arkansas or Kentucky politicians
messing in our laws.
No thanks.
NYC Liberal (18,958 posts)
13. I agree. I like the fact that we can pass free tuition,
paid sick leave, anti-discrimination laws, and have effective policies to fight COVID without needing Mississippi’s approval.
Yes all of those things should be national, but in the meantime I’m happy for states with sane leadership to have the power to act now.
Yup, you're correct. That's why your state budget is out of control and why the SALT cap was a thing of beauty! Without that cap, YOU weren't paying for all of that stuff, the rest of us were.
Progressive Jones (2,942 posts)
18. We absolutely need to stop having States that
receive more Federal funding than they send to the Federal government.
Example: Kentucky gets over $2.00 in Federal funding per $1.00 sent to Washington.
Most, if not all, red States are a parasitic financial burden on this nation. This needs to end, ASAP.
You really might want to do some deep research on this before posting. The states that are on the 'take' are not the ones you think. CA is not a donor like most of you like to claim.
KC
