31 Dec 2023 5:13 am
That's been a fight as far back as Thomas Jefferson the federalist fought about that back in his day. I like the way you think.Cannonpointer » 31 Dec 2023, 6:07 am » wrote: ↑ Among other things, the tax scheme. The feds take the most - giving the feds the most control. The farther away the decision makers, the less democratic the decisions. Your local leaders live next door and are equally affected by the decisions they make. They are quite easy to recall or vote out. This makes them FAR more accountable yo voters than a president or a senator.
The original intent was for local government to take the lion's share of taxes. Next would be the states, and finally the federal government. The federal government SHOULD operate on about the five largest states' combined budgets, at most. Instead, it spends triple all fifty combined. That kind of juggernaut entirely defeats any pretense of democracy.
Think about it. San Francisco wants different things than Pascagoula. When both are answering to the same Borg, someone has to lose. There is no self-rule, no democracy.
The entire idea of democracy supposes that your vote counts. If the ENTIRE NATION is voting on everything, Lumberton could be put out of business by people they never met, just because they have a prejudice against lumber. People in Arizona and Nevada and Ohio should have no say whatsoever in how California manages its forests. Californians should have no say in how Louisiana manages its shrimping fleet. And the annual harvest of maple syrup should be managed by Vermonters - not Kentuckians.
If we had a democracy, our votes would matter. If any city in America tried to live by their residents' wishes, the feds qould put a boot on their necks. Take the tranny issue. I can promise you that the folks in Luckenbach, TX do not want to let boys play girls' sports or go into their toilets and showers. But the big, far-removed, utterly undemocratic boot of the feds say they must - and all because of ONE PRESIDENTIAL EDICT. Not a law. Not a vote. Not a measure. Not a bill. Not a court case. Just ONE PRESIDENTIAL EDICT.
How the **** are you gonna call that a democracy?
Likewise, the people of California voted AGAINST gay marriage. But the courts shoved it down their throats. If the thing the people vote against is made law by the edict of a court, that is not democracy.