candycorn
Diamond Member
Lets move on from education if we can;
Should there be national standards for anything? For example, I have driven from coast to coast ( not literally but very close to the entire nation) along Interstate 10. What if Mississippi wanted to start using plywood and paint for their road signs along their roadways (whatever designation they have). Alabama wants to use gray signs instead of green ones like everywhere else. Florida decides to stop using any. Is that okay?
What about the FCC...should there be any regulation about what comes on the public airwaves?
What did the founders have to say about that? I'm guessing we can get some interpretation on that and what they thought LOL.
Should we have federal standards for what can become a state? Lets say that the upper peninsula wanted to leave Michigan. Is that okay if they vote for it? Should Michigan be able to enforce the borders drawn by Washington on their people or should they have to? What if they wanted an island that is currently claimed by Ohio?
What about integration? How'd you like what Kennedy did in the 60's in Alabama? Should states be able to institute apartheid?
I'm curious how far down the rabbit hole this goes.
There is a role for the federal government to assist the states as they coordinate things like roads, and considering the reason for the interstate system and the funding that supports it, federal standards are not unreasonable, especially in things like concrete formulas, bridge construction and consistent markings - but why in the world would the states fight that in the world of today?
The federal government should also have a role in settling any grievance a person has against their state, and if a state is stupid enough to institute discriminatory laws against blacks, gays or even democrats , the federal courts is where decisions should be made about the CONSTITUTIONALITY of those laws.
The system is designed to work, but not if its micromanaged from the top.
Hey I agree on some of that...but the OP was the target of the questions; apparently he/she wants to return to the states having full autonomy. I'm trying to settle a baseline as to where we can debate from there.
We really need to address what is being talked about here. Total state control means TOTAL STATE CONTROL.
Like I did with the education.http://www.usmessageboard.com/politics/172235-once-and-for-all-to-fix-the-federal-government-18.html#post3815821 He/she all but admitted that if there is a shortfall in a state's budget, they are perfectly ok with the rest of the school year being written off. I think YOU and I can agree on THAT particular stance being monumentally moronic. So I would like to see what other jewels of wisdom can be unearthed.
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