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dlp211 · 2020-01-09 20:01:31

1 is already mostly true at the federal level.

kevinholesh | karma 174 | avg karma 1.93 · | 2010-04-20 00:24:47+00:00

Or at the federal level.

dmix | karma 39707 | avg karma 3.48 · | 2013-01-01 21:37:41+00:00

+1 Moving towards more state-level government instead of centralized federally.

bfeynman | karma 592 | avg karma 2.99 · | 2023-03-14 12:45:43

this is common federal level thing.

genmud | karma 1769 | avg karma 3.13 · | 2022-11-02 20:29:50

At the federal level, that’s typically what is done.

ss108 | karma 613 | avg karma 0.84 · | 2022-09-30 13:28:36

More true at the local level than the Federal.

ska | karma 12592 | avg karma 2.33 · | 2022-09-30 18:06:59

> particular at the federal level.

I'm not sure that's accurate. State and local have shining examples.

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concordDance | karma 4533 | avg karma 1.73 · | 2023-03-24 08:43:14

Why federal level? State level would more than suffice.

kingsuper20 | karma 928 | avg karma 1.82 · | 2021-05-20 21:54:44+00:00

The natural endgame for that is to place all governmental function at the federal level.

spindle | karma 758 | avg karma 1.73 · | 2021-04-06 09:09:25+00:00

Exactly, and almost all of the relevant government people are organised by state rather than federally.

rob05c | karma 132 | avg karma 1.94 · | 2013-10-01 00:44:37

I stand corrected. I've updated my post to note more common federal positions.

elcritch | karma 3737 | avg karma 1.99 · | 2024-06-07 06:35:33

I’m a fan of Americas federal system because of the dual level. The federal level helps ensure a certain level of protection from local corruption or ineptitude while the state level prevents the federal level from too much easy power. Well in theory, the federal level has garnered way too much power IMHO.

christophilus | karma 10910 | avg karma 3.87 · | 2021-04-05 13:39:46+00:00

This is a decent point in favor of generally decentralized government. More local decisions, fewer federal decisions.

ErikAugust | karma 3462 | avg karma 3.81 · | 2020-06-03 00:31:30+00:00

Well, a federal legislator has the states as a test environment. One of the great things about a federal system.

emodendroket | karma 21781 | avg karma 1.83 · | 2016-04-27 15:01:17

Yes, there are a handful of federal systems like this, but I think they end up increasing costs pretty significantly for people who want to operate nationally.

JohnFen | karma 30257 | avg karma 1.9 · | 2020-03-11 21:10:30+00:00

Ideally, sure, but I don't think that that federal government is really going to do better in the near-to-medium term no matter how many such articles are written.

Individual (and state government) action is mostly what we have, so that's more important than ever.

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wkdneidbwf | karma 385 | avg karma 2.24 · | 2023-06-16 14:55:52

great! now let’s see this same thing at the federal level!

jolux | karma 6163 | avg karma 2.58 · | 2020-12-31 19:57:25

Sure, but this is not the case with state governments. My point may have been diluted by including the federal government.

galangalalgol | karma 3742 | avg karma 1.77 · | 2023-11-14 11:55:04

Yeah, that went federal. Very interesting.

trianglem | karma 136 | avg karma 0.19 · | 2020-06-13 18:09:28

Yes but the federal government has only so much influence in local level decisions so it will still pan out to be a massive net positive.