(10-07-2018, 11:46 PM)Eric the Obtuse Wrote: I don't think we in California can tolerate the reactionaries in DC stomping all over our affairs.
It seems to me that you are making the same case that a libertarian would for reducing the size and scope of the federal government. The real reason is that you only want the feds stomping on the affairs of those you disagree with. Now that DC isn't doing what you want then you suddenly want to reign them in.
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard. -- H.L. Mencken
If one rejects laissez faire on account of man's fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action. -- Ludwig von Mises
If one rejects laissez faire on account of man's fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action. -- Ludwig von Mises