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Old 06-29-2018, 02:29 PM   #1491
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Re: But now I need a little give and take - the New York Times, the Daily News

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Yes. I understand that. What I do not understand is why Republicans/conservatives/whatever aren't constantly having this fight at the state level, even within their own Republican-controlled states. If the goal is to leave control of one's laws to the principles of each community in order to capture what is best for each individual community, one would think this would be a constant struggle against what someone outside of your community is forcing upon you.

Are you saying that if we left it up to the states to determine whether or not one could have an abortion that it's possible that because there are state representatives who are sent to the state legislature, they could come up with a solution that would permit certain areas of the state to allow abortions and other areas not? Because that's ridiculous. Each state would set the rule based on where legislators collectively (and the court system) came out on the law/individual rights, etc. And that's how it works right now at the federal level.

I realize the struggle is against federalism. But it seems like you're either with representative government or not. It seems stupid to talk about how awful it is at one level (federal) and then swear by it at another (state).

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On your point about the inconsistency about how they feel about state versus federal government, I agree.

It may not make much sense to have different rules for different parts of a state, but it happens. For example, in FL orida parimutuel gambling is only allowed in certain locations. Why is it ok for a person in Tampa to gamble on local greyhound racing, but some shmoe in Jacksonville can’t? The law is an ass sometimes.
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