The United States of America has been a prosperous and productive nation under federalism for the past 200 years. The federal system was designed by the Framers of the Constitution to ensure democracy and liberty throughout a sparsely populated and well-distributed nation. By giving certain enumerated (and implied) powers to the national government, they were resolute to reserve all other rights to the states.
Under the Articles of Confederation, the US was a leadership and economically deficient nation. The confederal system lent too much power to the states, leaving the national government impotent. The lack of authority
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