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US federalism isn't about efficiency. If anything, federalism is intentionally inefficient.
by massysett 10y ago
US federalism isn't about efficiency. If anything, federalism is intentionally inefficient.
- xapata 10y agoDepends on what timeframe you're thinking about. Some things are inefficient short term, because of redundancies, but that makes them more robust and therefore more efficient in the long run.
- int_19h 10y agoEven short term, it could be argued that federalism was the most efficient option available, because the states wouldn't unite under any other conditions... and the union was definitely more efficient than they were separately.
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