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It was only a failure if you think a strong federal government is a good idea. I offer the current situation as evidence against that.
by patrickmay 8y ago
It was only a failure if you think a strong federal government is a good idea. I offer the current situation as evidence against that.
- s73v3r_ 8y agoOr a failure if you want a functioning government. There's a reason the Articles were thrown out, and the inability of the Federal government to raise revenue so it could actually do stuff was one of the major reasons.
- dragonwriter 8y ago> It was only a failure if you think a strong federal government is a good idea. No, a stronger federal government was a solution that was proposed (and adopted) for it's manifest failure. It wasn't the idea that a strong federal government was good that led to the belief the Articles had failed, but exactly the reverse.