If you listen long enough to modern American politics, you might think our biggest problem is that the “other side” has too much power. But talk to enough Americans, and a different picture emerges: Many believe everyone in power has too much of it and isn’t using it particularly well.
That’s not just instinct. According to the Pew Research Center, only a small fraction of Americans consistently trust the federal government to do what is right. Increasingly, voters aren’t choosing between two parties they love; they’re choosing between two they trust less. We are no longer just divided between left and right; we are increasingly united in frustration.
Which raises a fair question: If both sides keep winning elections and losing the country, maybe the problem isn’t just who’s in charge. Maybe it’s how the system itself is operating.
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That brings us to federalism.
For some,
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