Posted by tm on 10/23/05 03:49

Travis Newbury <travisenwbury@hotmail.com> wrote:
> dorayme <dorayme@optusnet.com.au> said:

> > It seems to simply escape you that there are things more
> > important than the size of govt...
>
> No I think the size of government is directly related to how we can
> deal with other issues.
>
> Virtually all issues can be handed betted by state and local
> governments than they can by a larger federal government. State and
> local governments know the people and specific things that make their
> local population different than say the population in a state 2,000
> miles away.
>
> The federal government is a one size fits all solution. That can
> never work. The federal government has one primary duty. To protect
> us. State and local governments can handle everything else more
> efficiently and with greater compassion, as they know the people.
>
> Take my 38%. Fine, that is what I pay to live here. But to spend it
> wisely, it will take the state and local governments.

You are no doubt offended by the Federal Justice System's tampering
with California's medical marijauna laws and the current
administration's challenge to Oregon's right-to-die laws.

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