I hit comment because I was going to comment about how the problem was not that the country has grown too big its that the Federal government has grown in size, power and influence… but Daniel beat me to the punch.

So I’ll just “ditto” what Daniel said.

And I don’t think our country outgrew our form of government that was set up with the 13 colonies. I think it goes back to a basic understanding of what the founding fathers where setting up. They weren’t setting up a national government to run everything. They were setting up a national government to unite the states. The states were to run more like mini-countries rather than states looking to a national government for direction. That all changed though with the civil war (which was all about states rights). Things have been different since then.

And, the reality is that we probably should do a little reading into the events leading up to the civil war. There are some fairly eery commonalities dealing with leadership and there points of view related to todays candidates.

But yeah, interesting thought. You’re asking the question that a few people asked a while back.

I personally wonder if there even is a way outside of the gospel to unite a country in a place like ours.

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I look at Europe and those countries are the size of our states. China and Russia are run more dictatorially that I think we’d like the US, but they’re comparable in size.

Maybe this is why people push so hard for states’ rights, because there are very few issues that apply the same to all portions of the country.

I mean, what if you had one standard of money, one military, one standardized road system, but perhaps different education systems, different tax systems, different healthcare systems, etc?

How many presidents are we talking here? How would we determine their respective jurisdiction? Would each president represent his/her region in the international arena? Would we have a supreme president with power of veto? The questions are endless.

If I’m hearing this correctly, essentially the country would have divided leadership based on divided interest. I don’t see how we could be united, or even agree to disagree on anything. Just look at how contrasting our views are on critical issues that affect us all under the current system (national security, military interest, federal spending, etc.).

This is dangerous territory my friends.

And if you think Texas wouldn’t just storm through the country and reclaim all of the US to be a part of the United State of Texas, you’ve never lived here!

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