agreed... i wrote my law school seminar paper on the joke that is mail fraud...basically any commission of any crime (criminal law being left largely to the states, traditionally) that involves even the smallest contact with the postal service or even a private courier gives the feds jurisdiction. it's laughable. it started out with a good purpose...but it's been so twisted, it's nothing more than a hook for federal prosecutors now.
These are the type of problems I see. Matching Funds is a method in which Congress has subjugated State Governments. It is Congress's choice to put these conditions, not States.
Most issues having to do with public health risks are probably better managed at the federal level (pollution controls, CDC, etc.) and I personally believe that every medical procedure performed in America should be overseen by government agencies, which wouldn't happen if some states banned abortion. It is probably too late to reclaim the power that the federal government has seized from the states, but it does not change my position that we SHOULD move toward taking the power back from the federal government. There is a reason that taxes consume our pay for the first 5 months of the year: the federal government has become massive, bloated, and wasteful. Turning much of the control back to the states would help to alleviate some of that.
And every dollar of those matching funds is a dollar taken from the people in the form of some sort of tax. Those tax dollars, if they must be used for the roads, should be collected and applied by the city, county, or state where the road is.
interesting...would you get rid of regulatory boards for doctors within the states...or the TNRCC...seems they would be superflous in your system of federal control for any public health risk. why would banning abortion in a state mean that a federal agency couldn't oversee them in a state that didn't ban them?
When it comes to health issues, more oversight is better. I believe that the state boards should keep a close eye on things in their state where the federal role is overseeing those boards and dealing with cases that get past the state boards. So, my answer is no. Because abortions would still occur in states that banned them, they just would not be done by legitimate medical professionals. I believe that every medical procedure should be done by legitimate, licensed medical professionals in licensed facilities that are overseen by the government.
i shouldn't have brought up abortion as an example...we've already had that discussion...and you know i disagree with the assertion that you shouldn't outlaw a practice that people will do anyway. we'd have to scrap the entire criminal code, if that were the case.
