Quote Originally Posted by smokey the elder View Post

One thing that disturbs me about increased federalization is the erosion of states' rights. The threat of withholding of federal funding (e.g. for education, roads, etc.) is a pretty powerful club to wield over individual states.
And a reason why states are doing this....

http://www.newsok.com/house-bypasses...rticle/3366762

The 10th Amendment has been largely ignored for decades.