Well said! I agree 100%. When we look back to the Founders this is what we're talking about. A multi-layered Federal Republic without strong centralization. Centralization is what Progressives have been pushing on us bit by bit for 100 years and look at the mess we're in now. Every regime change in the Whitehouse pisses off 50% of the country. We're a large country with 50 independent states of differing geographies and political philosophies that s/b largely governing themselves. We're not a small country like Sweden. Why can't we have progressive states like CA and conservative states like TX. If CA wants healthcare they can implement it themselves and if TX doesn't then they don't have to do it for themselves. CA is the 5th largest economy in the world on their own. They dont need DC. I'm a conservative who crossed the border from MA into the Live Free or Die state of NH. Why do Progressives want to hammer a one size fits all solution down to all states from DC and ruin our freedoms like that?