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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: Dale Baker who wrote (520)6/8/2005 12:59:09 PM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (1) of 541902
 
Whether Washington says OK or the states is fine with me.

I understand your results orientation. But if one is results oriented, one needs to support vehicles that are generally likely to produce the desired results. It seems to me that your libertarian conviction would be well served by an appreciation of the federalism tool.

I came by my appreciation for it rather late in life and perhaps that causes me to appreciate it more. We've talked about the polarization and the hostility and what a centrist response might be. We've talked about moderate positions, compromise, etc., as centrist. A lot of our polarization comes from the all-or-nothing nature of forcing one national solution to a problem. Traditional compromise on national policy gives us half from each side and everyone abides by it. The glass is half full/empty for everyone alike. Another useful way of slicing it is to give different subsets of the population all of what they want but in separate parts of the country. The glass is full for some of us here and for others of us there.

Certainly there are some things that require consistency, but there are also some things that don't and we can mitigate some of this polarization by giving each a place where things suit them. This is particularly the case with the cultural issues that so strain the country. Let the red states do their thing and the blue states do theirs. A federalist approach can foster both centrism and libertarianism. What's not to like about that...
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