What form would that assistance take? Kicking bad politicians out? Rewriting bad laws? Investigating crimes, arresting and prosecuting criminals? Picking up the

What form would that assistance take? Kicking bad politicians out? Rewriting bad laws? Investigating crimes, arresting and prosecuting criminals? Picking up the trash? No, that would just eleminate the idea of a local government. The only thing they can really do is throw money around, or some glorified variation thereof. Centralizing power is risky (a lot of things can go wrong), ineffective, and promotes division. Imagine Congress deciding on one kind of car for everyone in the country -- people in manhattan don't want any car, people in the suburbs want a sedan, outdoor people want a truck, etc. It would be a huge argument dividing everyone in the country into factions and nobody would be happy. It sounds ridiculous, but that's what happens to a small extent with each new federal law that gives more power to the central government. And look what's happening.