(06-01-2021, 07:19 PM)F2d5thCav Wrote: I used to think more power given to the states would be a good thing, but watching the actions of Whitmer, Cuomo, etc. has made me realize there are very real dangers in doing that.
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It's still a good thing. Their actions are isolated to their own states, and anyone who doesn't like them can vote with their feet, move to a more citizen-friendly state. When the power is concentrated in the Central Government, that becomes more difficult.
Some states who are losing citizens in droves will still try to keep their money, like California passing a law to continue taxing former CA citizens who have moved for 10 years after the move... but my response to that would be "come take it ya bastards, 'cause I'm not gonna just roll over and GIVE you what YOU think is due to you, but which really ain't yours at all".
Decentralizing power by giving it to the states and taking it away from the Feds is still the way to go. Whitmer, Cuomo, Newsome, et al can suck it, and see if they can suck hard enough to keep what they are losing with their piss poor management practices.
The downside of that is that increasing mobility allows for Marxists to move away from their enclaves and into free territory, and then proceed to vote the same failed policies into their new home that destroyed their old one and turned it into a shit-hole. Texas is seeing that happen right now, as it North Carolina, Idaho, and a few other states. Virginia has also fallen under that gun, with a massive influx of Marxists into Northern Virginia and the Richmond area in numbers large enough to control the entire state with concentrated votes in tiny areas. The answer to that is further decentralization - take power away from state governments and give it to localities so that they can rule their own roost, but not everyone else's roost. The closer one gets government to the actual citizens affected by it, the more responsive it becomes to those citizens.
The reason for centralization of power is to seize from producers and give that ill gotten gain to useless eaters in concentrated areas. Just stop giving. Take power for yourself into your area, deny it to the thieves in the centralized areas. Make them take care of their damned selves, not eat by simply seizing food from YOUR table.
Decentralize to the max.
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