2006-12-09 06:10:28 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
In 1997, Congress passed welfare back to the States. This was an example of anti-federalist win. Anti-federalists are against centralized American government. Tend to distrust government and tend to be conservatives.
Sending the gay marriage vote to the states is anti-federalism.
Sending abortion to the states is anti-federalism.
Today's democrats seem to be in favor of big centralized government (federalists).
I believe federalism creates a dependency on the government which takes away the rights and powers of the individual.
2006-12-09 06:18:47 · answer #1 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One of the most imporatant arguments would be national power v. state control. The Federalists wanted the national government to have more power than the Anti-Federalists wanted it to have. The Antis wanted the states to have much more power than the Feds wanted it to have. Today, old-time Republicans and Libertarians represent the Anti-Federalist view. They want the states to have as much power as possible. They believe that the closer the government is to home, the more responsible it will be. Antis, for example, would rather support state-funded welfare than nationally-funded welfare.
Democrats, and Neo-Conservatives, on the other hand, favor greater national control. Democrats want to create a greater sense of economic equality through redistributing wealth. They want to use the national government to equalize states' power and wealth. Democrats also want more laws regulating almost every aspect of our economic lives. Neo-Cons, however, want more power in order to pursue a pre-emptive strike foreign policy as well as to promote values for the entire nation. Dems want economic control via the national government whereas Neos want social control via the national government.
2006-12-09 14:29:59 · answer #2 · answered by Hmmbop 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's still the basis of debate between the Democrats (Federalists) and the Republicans (Anti-Federalists), although some of the emphases and goals may have changed.
2006-12-09 14:22:49 · answer #3 · answered by bata4689 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many, if not all, of them; but I'll always consider Federalist No. 10 to be one of the most important arguments concerning the nature man as a political animal, and the fundamental difficulty in attempting to reconcile the practical and the theoretical.
2006-12-09 14:18:06 · answer #4 · answered by Umberto G 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that you dont have much of a choice... and that the 'federal' government isn't very 'federal'.
how much you know about the masons? http://honorablepassion.wiki.com/steps
2006-12-09 14:13:47 · answer #5 · answered by honorablepassion 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋