Walt, that's a specious argument.

We haven't had a constitutional government in the US since 1865.

Pointing to the failures of a "less socialist state" among "more socialist
states" doesn't say much.

Steve Swartz


"Walt BJ" wrote in message
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"Tarver Engineering" wrote in message news:3f611ad2
SNIP:
Federalism is the return of power to the States, which was originally an
anti-federalist initiative. Jefferson dubbed the anti-federalists
"republicans" and then formed the Democratic Republican Party.
Federalists
(libertarins) did not want State fifedoms and opposed the Bill of
Rights.
SNIP:

And so we have the basket case of the USA, 50th in the great majority
of categories, Alabama, the spark plug for a lot of the USG's
mandates. I've been down there a couple times in December and guess
what? The state didn't have enough money to pay their teachers - both
times! - and Christmas was coming up.
California's now working on joining Alabama.
Walt BJ