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Originally Posted by Willravel
I'm not sure what you're asking about taxes.
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Only asking what value (if any) you guys put in the states setting their own tax rates, both on the income end and the sales end.
My problem with some concepts of state rights is that a state is no more homogeneous in its beliefs or priorities than the nation is. It's why I don't think abortion, gay marriage, etc. should be decided on a state level; the "tyranny of the majority" is just as likely on a state level as a national level.
I also don't like the idea of our country being comprised of 50 individual entities that are defined solely by (sometimes) arbitrary borders. At the risk of sounding jingoistic, I'd like the country to be unified on most issues, and I'd like some consistency when I move state to state.
The idea that "if you don't like the laws of your state, you can just move" is overly simplistic and naive; I'd say the majority of US citizens do not currently have the means to simply up and relocate just because they don't like a particular law on their state's books.