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Doesn’t most of that apply to Germany and the EU? I think that people forget that US States are States in a Union. The Federal Government is there to regulate
by n8cpdx 4y ago
Doesn’t most of that apply to Germany and the EU?
I think that people forget that US States are States in a Union. The Federal Government is there to regulate commerce and provide for common defense, even if it gained some extra responsibilities post-New Deal. US states have their own laws, executive, market policies, constitutions, and all; they are not just departments of the federal government. So California<->Germany seems like the only fair comparison, just as it wouldn’t make sense to compare the United States to Germany, but the EU as a whole.
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- dragontamer 4y agoIs there a team for Russia in the Olympics? This sounds like a rather arbitrary measurement.
- lesuorac 4y ago> Is there a team for Russia in the Olympics? Wasn't there? Or were athletes called "Russian Olympic Committee" not the Russian team?
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