Isn’t one of the central tenets of federalism that everything should be done by the smallest government that can do it effectively? If something is done at the

Isn’t one of the central tenets of federalism that everything should be done by the smallest government that can do it effectively? If something is done at the municipal level, it is almost definitely more democratic than if it is done at the federal level. If someone doesn’t like Seattle’s sugar tax, they can make their voice heard in city council elections, or vote with their feet, move to the suburbs, and commute into the city. Presumably the people of Seattle are down with the tax. Who are you to say they shouldn’t have it. It’s their city, after all.