alt Hacker NewsWhen the federation was created was the concentration of power in the capital intended? Or was it supposed to be mostly a coordinating organ leaving the states to be much more independent?
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naravara • yesterday at 3:35 PM
The entire point of the Constitution was to concentrate more power in the Federal Government because the structure we had under the Articles of Confederation was an unworkable mess.
> was it supposed to be mostly a coordinating organ leaving the states to be much more independent?
I guess my functional question is why agriculture requires federal regulation to the tune of the USDA. (And I'm asking this genuinely. As a not farmer.)