The Man Who Thinks the U.S. Is Better Off as a Bunch of Separate Countries
Honestly, I think the real underlying problem with America&#x27;s politics is that the Federal government has grossly overstepped its intended scope.  The federal government frequently tries (and many time succeeds) to impose laws on the entire nation (which of course is the result of any federal law), when many times such issues&#x2F;laws should remain with the states.  Doing this creates resentment and frustration.  What&#x27;s good for one area may not be good for another.  Or, if we&#x27;re talking about moral, hot-button issues - this becomes even more serious as it is viewed as the imposition of will of some group&#x27;s morality upon some other group&#x2F;region.<p>The scope of the federal government should be very limited.  But all too often, the immediate response to any problem is to get the federal government to pass a law to solve it across the board for the whole country.  Many times that just doesn&#x27;t work.  This approach also goes against the concept of the 50 state laboratory where we can see the outcome of certain laws and whether or not we want to adopt them based on the results they produced.  Or maybe we don&#x27;t care about the results because we are morally opposed to whatever the change is and therefore the economics are somewhat irrelevant because it&#x27;s more of an issue of principle&#x2F;value.  Having federal laws in those instances removes the ability of a state to choose to be different, for better <i>or</i> worse.<p>It&#x27;s much easier to live and let live when those you are letting live aren&#x27;t actively trying to force rules upon you, which is exactly how most of the nation views the political climate right now - i.e. &quot;the [dems&#x2F;reps] are trying to force us to [x] by passing that new law!&quot;  When people view things like that, it pisses everyone off.  Let the states be in charge of as much as they possibly can.