27 Jul '13 18:37>
Originally posted by KazetNagorraThe system was subverted with the Federal Income tax. At that point, the federal government had the financial sway to circumvent state power. It worked just fine until that time.
[b]The fewer the voters the more your vote counts. Also, the closer your representative is to where you live the more representative he will be to your district.
But by that logic, the state level is not optimal at all - rather, it implies the smallest possible administrative districts (i.e. anarchy). Even at the county level, your vote will cot ...[text shortened]... epresentative will be closer. So why not focus more power away from the state into county hands?[/b]
I suppose if the state became too big and voter support for those in office were lagging, then decentralizing it more could be explored.
Of course, this is mere fantasy. Any suggestion of decentralization would be met with a Lincoln like iron Federal fist. They would rather kill us all off than give up their power over us.