What if instead the solution is to
disempower the national elites who think they've got the answers to everything?
Federalism -- the process whereby you push most political questions to the
lowest democratic level possible -- has been ripe on the right for years now.
It even had a champion in Texas Gov. Rick Perry, and Ron Paul still carries
that torch.
The main advantage of federalism
is more fundamental than the so-called 'laboratories of democracy' idea.
Federalism is simply the best political system ever conceived of for maximizing
human happiness. A one-size-fits-all policy imposed at the national level has
the potential to make very large numbers of citizens unhappy, even if it was
arrived at democratically. ...
A left-right federalist compromise
would make America a happier, freer, more prosperous and interesting country.
It would also dethrone those in both parties who think they know what's best
for more than 300 million Americans."
--columnist Jonah Goldberg
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