Centralized or Decentralized Government
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Please help with the following problem regarding American politics.
One of the differences between Texas and other states concerns federalism. While some Americans are more comfortable with more power in the federal government, many Texans prefer leaving power to state and local governments. We will see evidence of this preference in many places, including the state Constitution. How about you? Would you prefer to have more power in the hands of the federal government or the states? What tasks do you think should be left to the states? Why?
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A discussion about federalism and state autonomy. Reasons are discussed as to why federalism may be better over state autonomy or vice versa and how the United States is set up in relation to these issues.
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Power should be divided between the federal government and the state governments depending on the issues. Whether ther federal or state governments handle specific issues should be based on the knowledge base of both entities. For example, the federal government has more ...
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