re: #183 Daniel Ballard

When I typed in NY, I was referring to NY state. I prefer states to have more say withing their borders than what DC will allow in this instance. Romney care worked well, no?

As I understand it, one oft’ heard rightwing argument is that more localized power give people more control over their lives. There’s a certain logic to that, but there are a couple of problems.

If, in effect, people have fewer and more expensive options available as the result of increased localization, in the end they will have less control.

Also, as obdicut points out, there are logistical implications to increasing localization that make localization unrealistic at some level. On what basis do you account for that problem in saying you’d prefer a more localized approach, and why do you think that state level balances that issue optimally?