Maastricht Treaty revisions needed?

[kandrathe]

But this is just ideology. There is no economic rationale for doing agriculture, transportation, education, health, and so on exclusively at the State rather than Federal level. Your own logic of consolidation saving money would imply the opposite, but yet, you oppose it. Why? What's so much better about State governments than the Feds?

The Feds do not do the same things that the States do. Yes, there are some things which probably should remain, like food safety regulations, and ensuring that the inspection of food products does not reveal hazards. The original point was that there is plenty of fat here with very little meat or bone. So, let's slim down these departments to what is crucial, and set aside the less needed parts.