You say you want a devolution? Then pay very close attention to the details, most of which stick the states with more liabilities -- and fewer resources.
Lenny GoldbergDec 19, 2001
One of the Republicans' many ideological coups has been
their ability to cast important questions of federalism in wholly conservative
terms. In the new Republican demonology, liberals are centralists, favoring
Washington while resisting local decisions and initiatives. Conservatives offer
a decentralist new paradigm, returning, in the immortal words of born-again
decentralist Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole, "power to the people."
