4 ms·
We've seen where this leads to in the US, where the federal government financially extorts states to fall in line on issues that are supposed to be up to the st
by tarakat 4y ago
We've seen where this leads to in the US, where the federal government financially extorts states to fall in line on issues that are supposed to be up to the states, such as what happened with speed limits:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_limits_in_the_United_States#Federal_speed_controls https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_limits_in_the_United_Sta...
- int_19h 4y agoThe difference is that EU member states have the right to leave if they don't think the arrangement benefits them.
- tarakat 4y agoAnd we must ensure that choice remains economically viable, and not just for the largest member states. Because a union maintained by compulsion, even economic compulsion, is not a union, but an empire.
- humanistbot 4y agoOr a state.