I say because it's so hard to have the one without the other. Power flow towards the federal government is one way. It's like a black hole--any powers, rights, or responsibilities that flow from the people & the states into its event horizon will become part of its mass forever.
Citizens, states, and corporations (which influence the country in that order, BTW) can be controlled and regulated by government--but once any sector of power is the government's own, there is no higher authority to appeal to when someone screws things up.
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Date: 2008-10-16 01:46 pm (UTC)Citizens, states, and corporations (which influence the country in that order, BTW) can be controlled and regulated by government--but once any sector of power is the government's own, there is no higher authority to appeal to when someone screws things up.