Now, I'm not saying education is one of those things, necessarily. But when I look at Common Core and I see that it is actually, in English, to the right of California, I realize that leaving education in the hands of liberals has brought us to this pass. The solution is not to howl that we'd better just keep it as it was, because state control IS liberal control when liberals are the only ones going into the field in the first place.
To have strong state government does not mean we have to be “Balkanized”.
Having independent and strong state governments is critical to allow states such as Idaho to function differently than states like Maine.
Loss of state independence and control is at the heart of many of the issues we face.
There was a time where if you didn’t like the way things worked in one state, you could vote with your feet to go somewhere else. Now, the overarching bureaucracy of the Federal government is forcing people everywhere to follow one set of instructions for operation.
And when that set of instructions is written in Massachusetts or Washington DC that requires people who live in Nevada to have to conduct their affairs under the same guides, principles and laws, that is a problem.
That is the Soviet model.
“I was in the military for 11 years, “
Oh, in that case, after your 11-yrs of service I am surprised that you do not understand the military is not under Orwellian central control, that it is heavily reliant on “local” control (commanders) rather than a one-size fits all approach.
Centralize control along with centralized execution is folly (like centralized control and execution of education).
“For some things, you need the Federal government...”
Indeed, to protect our God given rights from an abusive central all-powerful government.
“otherwise, why have it at all? Why even be The United States? Why not just be 50 different countries?”
(You are aware we are a collection of sovereign states, a collection of “united states,” and we have the Guard in each state.)
At any rate, good Lord. It is clear you need a refresher on the role of the federal government, our constitution, our founding principles and the proper role of the federal government.
(Hint: The federal government is not there for The People to serve, it is there to serve The People).
,