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To: dajeeps
It's a deeper conundrum than you may realize.

Which states want to reestablish sovereignty and what form would it take? Who is it that wants more individual freedom?

The answer is counterintuative.

9 posted on 10/07/2009 3:57:44 AM PDT by MARTIAL MONK
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To: MARTIAL MONK

“The answer is counterintuative.”

I don’t believe that it ultimately is counterintuitive. States naturally compete among themselves for people and economic resources and the Federal government has very little competitve pressure. As an example, if one state decided to become socialist and sap its economic resources for programs and the large amount of policing it would take to be successful, people could move to another and take their wealth with them. Even now we see this kind of thing happening because the economic affects of such choices are much more immediate rather than being obscured behind a governemnt that can just print money at will. Thus in many respects they are far more accountible for their actions and such a state would not last long before going bankrupt.


12 posted on 10/07/2009 4:14:52 AM PDT by dajeeps
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