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Originally posted by seretogis
Social programs should be left largely to the states. Federal programs (like national healthcare, for instance) are incredibly expensive, and largely unnecessary. Leave it to the states to decide how to approach social issues, as they most likely will either find a better solution or find a chunk of its population moving out.
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*shock*
I agree with seretogis!!!
I get very fuzzy in my use of the words "government" and "state" when I argue about this stuff, but I agree that at least allowing the states to administer programs allows them to adapt more efficiently and effectively to situations that are most relevant to their people. However, the money has to come from somewhere. Tax at the state level, tax at the federal level, tax cigarettes, whatever, it's not going to come willingly from the private sector.