I think something like national defense is not geographic or cultural. I believe the retirement and medical support varies greatly from state to state. I believe it varies as much as the needs of police and fire. Police, transportation, fire etc. are all universal which is why they're are functions of our government. The real question is where they can best be administered. If geography and culture is what separates a federal responsibility from a state responsibility, then I disagree with your premise and believe its just as regional as the other areas you mentioned.
Making sure you have a guaranteed safety net for the old and disabled is kinda universal and does not need different rules for different places.
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Alaska on the other hand has very different needs than Florida when it comes to transportation, police, fire, education, etc. In these type of situations where geography and culture fundamentally change the nature of the problem having 50 different bureaucracies is a feature not a bug.
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Alaska on the other hand has very different needs than Florida when it comes to transportation, police, fire, education, etc. In these type of situations where geography and culture fundamentally change the nature of the problem having 50 different bureaucracies is a feature not a bug.
States and Federal Government
- 13/10/2011 05:08:14 AM
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No.
- 13/10/2011 05:59:07 AM
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Re: No.
- 13/10/2011 07:07:14 AM
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Re: No.
- 13/10/2011 01:59:58 PM
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Economy of scale applies to every private bureaucracy, but not government ones. 
- 13/10/2011 06:53:44 PM
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- 13/10/2011 06:53:44 PM
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you can do it with block grants
- 13/10/2011 06:13:48 AM
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Believing the states can't do it, is not the same as saying the states will be less efficent or more *NM*
- 13/10/2011 06:42:34 AM
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Medicaid is already state-managed 
- 13/10/2011 06:22:54 AM
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- 13/10/2011 06:22:54 AM
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I pretty much agree with this
- 13/10/2011 02:03:04 PM
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It may still be a better option though, but I wouldn't consider it a likely great success story
- 13/10/2011 09:23:16 PM
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No I do not believe they do could do Medicare or Social Security more effectively *NM*
- 13/10/2011 06:41:03 AM
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Care to elaborate? *NM*
- 13/10/2011 06:55:21 AM
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Would you rather have 50 insurance companies with different pay structures or 1?
- 14/10/2011 02:14:23 AM
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If programs to ensure federal citizen rights were divided among the states it would invite disparity
- 13/10/2011 06:50:02 PM
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- 13/10/2011 09:55:04 PM
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Because some things do not matter much with geography and culture
- 14/10/2011 02:20:04 AM
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Yet again I must disagree
- 14/10/2011 05:04:43 AM
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Think about fire, how much need will Alaska have for fire trucks? *NM*
- 14/10/2011 12:30:05 PM
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Some issues are exclusively local and best handled there, as are some resources.
- 14/10/2011 11:22:46 AM
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The first thought that came to mind.....
- 13/10/2011 08:55:36 PM
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Depends on the state and its legislators, doesn't it? But, generally, no. *NM*
- 14/10/2011 06:50:13 PM
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Pick your rapist and tell me why it makes a damn bit of difference. *NM*
- 15/10/2011 05:06:50 PM
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