Originally Posted by Inogenius

WHOA WHOA WHOA!!! Articles of Confederation, anyone?

YEAH! That worked well.

Furthermore, look at the European Union. The only reason it has experienced slight to moderate success is because they're in a terrible recession. Once one state experiences any kind of economic growth, they'll secede from the union and fail miserably. And for those members that aren't even up to par with some of the "higher class" members, they're not taken care of well at all. France, anyone? There's no reason why France should be in the position it is currently in. If you were to give the states in the USA more power, we would be a complete UN-UNITED States of America, and part of what makes the USA such a powerful country is the fact that each state can help one another out; the fact there's a set standard nationally. If it weren't for that, we'd be going back to the days of just after the civil war, when the states were not united ... there were simple problems with the width of the rail road tracks being different sizes, making it impossible for nationwide transportation.