Quote Originally Posted by Alan View Post
I'm sure you realize that virtually everything you listed began with the individual states and were usurped by the federal government, so the word "transfer" might be a bit misleading.

I'm reminded that there was a time when the educational system in this country was on par with anywhere else in the world. Of course, that was before it was nationalized. The path to uniformity usually leads to the lowest common denominator.
So, you think teaching that the world is only 5 thousand years old, or that evolution is a liberal lie, or re-writing history to suit the republican christian right agenda will put us 'on tract' with the world? Well, maybe with some of the world, like North Korea or the Taliban version of the world. No thank you. It's actually been the interference of ignorant people that has kept us from competing with the world in education.

Do you really think food safety/labeling laws should be handled by each state? Really? Insurance? You think each state should dictate standards? wow! You don't actually plan to go 50 miles beyond your home do you!

You never said which laws/regulations/standards you would turn over to the states and why. Give me an example and the reason it would be better for the people.
You only say that it 'used' to be that way. Yeah, when the population of the country was much much smaller, and more 'scattered' in scope. But these laws/regulations/standards were nationalized for a reason. THEY DIDN'T WORK! It was a mi sh mash of standards that was all over the map over the country.
We are a mobile society. I want to know that if I move from one state to another, I know what to expect in education, food/water safety, health care standards...you know, being a member of one country, the UNITED STATES of America.

The problem I see with the libertarian view is, there is not a single example of a successful society in the world with these policies in action. Not one! Not. One! Show me where this form of government is in action and successful and I'm certainly willing to take a look. But there isn't one. It's all in Ron Paul's, and Ayn Rands heads. It's fiction. It's a dream of a perfect society that's actually not perfect.

My country is not a social experiment. It works and is the envy of the world because of what it is..right now. Not Liberian, not right wing theocracy, not total democracy. It is a blend of what works. Somehow, someway, we have achieved a good blend. But that doesn't mean we can't tweak it, or fiddle with it. But those who want to trash it, or drown it in a bathtub are not for this country. They are traitors to what we have and have some other agenda which they will not disclose but only say, 'Trust Me'.
Libertarians do not love America. Because they don't want America. They want some Ayn Rand utopia that could never really exist. We must fight against these people taking America and turning it into their vision.