My point was that localities differ greatly across the US (and Europe for that matter), and should be taken care of at a local level rather than from the centra

My point was that localities differ greatly across the US (and Europe for that matter), and should be taken care of at a local level rather than from the centralized location of DC. I don't want to live in a police state, so I choose to live in a small town that doesn't have the issues that our big cities have.