Comment by rabbit, on a post by Dr. Roy. Dr. Roy’s discussion (“Eurosceptism“) is not one I necessarily agree with (I’m not a Christian Monarchist Tory, after all), nor is the fear-the-one-world-order tone of the comment. That being said, I had never really thought of local government in this way – my brain gravitates towards federalism based on economies of scale. Rabbit perspective is refreshing and new to me.
I believe that is essential to our fundamental freedom that government power be pushed down to as local a level as is practical. Clearly there are some things that are best handled at the national and perhaps international level, but if it can reasonably be handled provincially or civically, it should be.
Why is this? Because it allows us to vote with our feet. If we find taxation or regulation draconian, it’s relatively easy to move to a another city or province… [Dr. Roy]
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