> The federal government passed a law in 1984 stripping states of their highway funding if they didn't put a floor under the drinking age at 21. That doesn't a

> The federal government passed a law in 1984 stripping states of their highway funding if they didn't put a floor under the drinking age at 21. That doesn't actually change the fact that states have every right to change the drinking age. Obviously states do not have a right to federal government funds. However, if a state doesn't care for government funds, they are free to make their laws as they please. The feds have not made it illegal for states to do so (and they couldn't even if they tried). I would really suggest responding to my comment as stated. I said: > the states have always had the authority to do what people nowadays want the feds to do Nothing about the contingency of federal highway funding takes away from the fact that states still retain the authority to set drinking ages as they see fit. The feds have the authority to spend their money how they see fit. That's how this whole thing works, believe it or not.