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Originally Posted by Roguish Lawyer
The only thing that might get the federal government's attention would be widescale refusal to pay taxes.
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IMO, something else states could do to get .GOV's attention would be to form coalitions centered around solving specific problems in ways that defied the president's policy preferences and crossed ideological lines.
What I have in mind is states coming up with common solutions to common problems (illegal immigration, sex slaves, environmental issues, traffic, union agreements that threaten to bankrupt state budgets, and so forth) in such a way that the current president couldn't just "punish" red states without also having to deal with blue states.
From these types of collaborative efforts, governors and state legislators with an established record for reaching across the aisle AND getting things done would emerge in both parties. Voters could then put these politicians into Congress, if not also the White House. If all goes according to plan, the game of "Gotcha!" would give way to the business of responsible governance.
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