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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=PaleoConPrep][quote=Anonymous][quote=PaleoConPrep]I'm not a typical modern Republican, so my answer may be a bit different. At this point, the end game for me would be a scaling back of the federal government, and much more power to the states. The Feds should be responsible for national defense and nothing else. Every other power should be given to the states. Georgia and Texas may ban abortion and gay marriage, and have no welfare programs. However, if people in California and NY want a more socialistic economy with welfare programs, they can pay for it with state taxes. So the type of society would depend on which state you live in. 3 cheers for STATES RIGHTS! [/quote]

Ok so you realize that most of the welfare in this country goes to the red states, right?

Beyond that, how do you propose working standards be handled? What happens if there is discrimination? What specific programs should be cut? You want to cut the EPA? Fine, so you are ok with living in Flint then without the benefit of bottled water? How about fracking next door to where you live. You ok with that? You ok with lack of food testing at meat packing facilities? That might be cat you re eating, not beef. You ok with that?[/quote]
PaleoCon here
All civil rights laws would be repealed. A private company has a right to decide who they will and will not hire. The government should not have the power to interfere with that right. States would handle environmental matters.[/quote]

To reproduce in the states all the functions of the federal government in matters like environmental protection, civil rights, etc, would be very expensive.  You'd have massive duplication of effort.  And it would be really tough on low population states.  They'd have to put a much larger fraction of their income into government just to cover the basics.[/quote]

Definitely.   It would be hugely expensive to the states to have to re-invent the wheel 50 times over and maintain state versions of federal functions.

And another problem is that implementation will be uneven.  If the state upstream and upwind of you has lax regulations, polluting companies will flock there, will pollute and poison the water that flows downstream to you and will pollute and poison the air that blows downwind to you.  And you will have far less recourse to do anything about it.[/quote]

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