Originally Posted by Tempest

The fundamental problem with Ron Paul's view of the constitution is that it's a flawed document meant for a different time. A time when every state was like it's own country and so "states rights" made more sense.. A time when getting the states into a union would have been a balancing act meant to make them comfortable with joining and so give them more rights and less to the federal government. The US is not a loose union of states anymore.. It's economy and interests are one and in a global world, it's even more critical that everyone work together for the benefit of the entire country. Ron Paul's stance is to abdicate his responsibility one "one country" and kick the can for so many policies to the states which would lead to an even greater disparity between them than there is now.