.... which is why the problems of government get worse the bigger and further away government gets. Taxes and services at the state level are less bad than at

.... which is why the problems of government get worse the bigger and further away government gets. Taxes and services at the state level are less bad than at the federal level, and taxes and services at the local level are better still. When we all send our money into one big pool, and then have to grovel and beg to get it back from bureaucrats, we start to resent our neighbors.