Political Sectarianism and the Presidential Cult

[KenH]

“But relimiting the presidency isn’t enough. We need fewer one‐size‐fits‐all decisions made by the president and fewer such decisions made by the federal government. The “Big Sort,” by which more Americans have chosen to live near like‐minded neighbors, has helped turn our national politics into a winner‐take‐all death match, but the same conditions ought to enable a reinvigorated federalism. Polling data has long shown Americans trust their state and local governments much more than they trust the feds. Even in the pandemic summer of 2020, 60 percent of respondents professed substantial confidence in their state governments; for local governments, the number was 71 percent. Those numbers argue for devolving more power to states and localities: we’d have less to fight about if the important decisions were made closer to home.”

Political Sectarianism and the Presidential Cult | Cato Institute

 

[Bible Thumpin n Gun Totin]

We need a revival of the 10th Amendment. Returning power to the states is the only way to stop the country from turning into a Balkan war zone.

Unfortunately the 14th has been interpreted to kill the 10th. Lincoln has his share of blame here.

 

[KenH]

We need a revival of the 10th Amendment.

Amen!

 

[Revmitchell]

We need a revival of the 10th Amendment. Returning power to the states is the only way to stop the country from turning into a Balkan war zone.

Unfortunately the 14th has been interpreted to kill the 10th. Lincoln has his share of blame here.

That is being worked on as we speak there is a movement for a convention of states. It continues to make progress

 

[JonC]

We need a revival of the 10th Amendment. Returning power to the states is the only way to stop the country from turning into a Balkan war zone.

Unfortunately the 14th has been interpreted to kill the 10th. Lincoln has his share of blame here.

I agree.

But one problem is states have sold out for federal funds.

 

[JonC]

And think of all the money wasted when the political power shifts.

Our site built a cooling tower for a reactor producing weapons grade plutonium because the environmental agencies did not want superheated water in the environment (which makes sense).

The tower cost 80 million dollars. It was completed in 2 years.

Then the government decided to take the reactor off line (to stop plutonium production and shift to extraction). The tower was used for 8 hours.

Then it had to be demolished (costing millions).