> In both countries, the federal government tries to intrude using means such as conditional transfers of funds - taxing the citizens of states/provinces and on

> In both countries, the federal government tries to intrude using means such as conditional transfers of funds - taxing the citizens of states/provinces and only giving back the money if the state/province does as they wish. Yeah, that's super annoying. For an example here in the states: "In 1984, Congress passed the National Minimum Drinking Age Act, which required states to raise their ages for purchase and public possession to 21 by October 1986 or lose 10% of their federal highway funds" [0]. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._history_of_alcohol_minimum_purchase_age_by_state https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._history_of_alcohol_minimu...