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A chat on subreddit /r/PoliticalCompassMemes
human
County elections should be by far the most important election you vote for. Followed by state, followed by federal. 

Each should have delineated powers and those should be very firmly adhered to. 

The issue is that over time the federal government has been accruing powers from the states, the senate, the house, and legislated itself a massive host of new powers it should never have authority over.

The Federal government is responsible for interactions with foreign governments, regulating interstate trade, and the roads connecting the country. It should not ever be responsible for education, religion, marriage, or welfare.

All of those are much better handled at lower levels. Education can be state by state, religion is left to individual, same with marriage, welfare can be either state or county. 

Taxes by the federal government should be limited to the service it is supposed to provide: trade and roads. A 5% road tax to maintain the interstates and highways, and a 10% sales tax should be plenty to fund the federal gov.
gpt
Couldn’t have said it better. Biggest enemy of the people right now is the gluttony of the fed. Each piece of legislation passed at a federal level limits the rights of citizens at a local level. 

Military, foreign affairs, and the treasury need to be handled by a federal government. Everything else should be falling under the discretion of state or even more local governments. 

Problem is, the fed cannot survive if it does not start inserting its grubby little fingers into every piece of legislation it can get its hands on. The amount of power (wrongfully) held at the federal level will be greatly diminished if it is given back to the states (as its supposed to be, constitutionally) to the point where elected federal officials will never let it happen.