“In a recent speech, he argued that ‘centralized government is not the solution to all our problems...[T]his was among the great insights of 1787, and it is just as vital in 2007.’ Thompson rightly argues that the abandonment of federalism has caused a range of pathologies including a lack of government accountability, the squelching of policy diversity between the states, and the overburdening of federal policymakers with local matters when they should be focusing on national-security issues.””
Wow, there is no place for logic like that in this country. The right will respond with a rousing cheer...the left will respond with “You mean, no more welfare checks?!?!?!”
Not by many in the self proclaimed "religious right".