What Will Be Obvious After Tonite

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by SCUDSBROTHER

Fine,but fk those hillbillies in trailers that got run over in twisters.Just be consistent.That was catastrophic damage,,and so is somebody bankrupt with a 500k medical bill that they thought their insurance was gunna cover.Just don't come running to the Gov't when you get into trouble.Geedubbya feels the same as you,but couldn't wait to tell those hillbillies they were gunna get Gov't help.

i've never asked the govt, or anyone else for that matter, for help.

my point is that the FEDERAL govt does not exist for much of what it has been forced to take on-the states should be providing their citizens for much of what the feds provide. the reason there is so much fraud and waste in many of these federal programs is that too much of the country is too far from d.c., and the further from that seat you are, the more problems you encounter with these programs.
each state should bear the burden for any of these programs. that way you don't have the issues you have right now with homeland security for instance. federal dollars were released to help states with security issues. we all should acknowledge that some areas would be considered more of a target then others. yet small states want the money divided evenly. how does that make sense?
the Feds should protect our borders with mexico and canada, and our ports. other than that, it should be a state by state issue issue. but again, state govts push much of their responsibility onto the feds, bloating our federal govt, and taking more of our taxes for them-then the states can't help if they want.
arkansas has arkids first, and it's a pretty good program. but it also explains why our tax burden is so high here in arkansas. we're still paying for fed programs as well. over ten cents on the dollar sales tax here, with state income tax--and there had been a surplus tax tacked onto that for years (thanks to 'lower tax' huckabee ) and also a personal property tax. and the sales tax is applied even to food and medicine. it's ridiculous.

don't you feel that much of what the feds attempt to do would work much better, if done state by state? less red tape, less administration, as those offices would be local, with no regional and national offices necessary?