text: Typical, social/liberal logic.  The same mis-informed logic which career politicians have burned into the weak minded peons for years.  Basic facts:
  
  The Federal Government was formed to work for the People of the Nation and was granted 'only specific' powers.  The State Governments were formed to work for the People living in that geographic area of the Nation and all powers not specified to the federal level were reserved to the state.
  
  The Federal Government is not an entity unto it's self!  It is owned and "Funded" by all of the People!  The Federal Government spends "your" money!  State money, Federal money, it is all our money!  There is no free lunch!  Unless you work as a pusher of papers in a government job, producing nothing but more paperwork for other non productive government employee to shuffle.  Non productive jobs cost money!  Personally, the people would be better served at the local level where intelligence and common sense reside.