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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Gordon A. Langston who wrote (171654)	8/15/2001 4:09:47 PM
From: Mr. Whist	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Re: "The federal government will homogenize and socialize whatever it regulates and only the states will be able to prosecute diversity." Lest we forget, states also are in the "commonweal" business. Four, in fact (Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Massachusetts) are officially "commonwealths." Middle English root word is "commun," by the way. Like it or not, as the nation matures, the federal government must assume greater responsibility in certain areas: interstate transportation, clean air and water, regulation of communications, regulation of the securities industry, etc. State borders are meaningless when addressing these issues. I would agree with your delineation of education/voting rights. A few responsibilities might be able to be sent back to smaller governmental units or even the private sector (the Postal Service, for instance), but others (I'm thinking of anything related to the Internet) necessarily must fall under the purview (but not necessarily the control) of the federal government. The fact of the matter is neither political party truly embraces "smaller government."