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There are plenty of examples of more local politics leading to worse outcomes. For example: balkanized cities zoning for too many offices and not enough housing
by creato 7y ago
There are plenty of examples of more local politics leading to worse outcomes. For example: balkanized cities zoning for too many offices and not enough housing, and jurisdictions racing to the bottom of tax policy to entice business.
- SubiculumCode 7y agoThere are plenty of examples where Federal law created worse outcomes in a particular locality, but is much harder to change the law because its Federal.
- creato 7y agoI'm not claiming the federal government is better. Only that it isn't obvious that more local = automatically better. Both approaches have drawbacks and advantages.