Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Pastimes : Don't Ask Rambi -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ish who wrote (26808)	6/1/1999 10:06:00 PM
From: JF Quinnelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

"Federalism" in the United States once meant the sort of loose confederation that the Swiss Cantons have, with a lot of autonomy for the States. This was largely the case up to the War Between the States. It was especially true during the Articles of Confederation period that lasted until 1793. That experiment had such a weak central government that the US almost failed. The Anti-Federalists, those who argued against ratifying the Constitution, were afraid that there was a centralizing tendency built into the document that would obliterate the States as governing units, and make them all subservient to the national government. They saw that as a recipe for tyranny. They wanted the State governments checking the power of the national government to prevent the sort of government that the English kings had wielded.