Name:   MartiniMan - Subject:   Manipulating the Numbers Date:   12/30/2015 6:02:13 PM

I know I've never said that every state or local government is better than the federal government.  What I do say and it is undeniably true is that if you live somewhere with poor local government you have the option to move to where it is better. Not so with the federal government unless you want to leave the country. And by moving it can only be a few miles to escape incompetence.  There is a reason I live in Cobb county and not in Fulton or Dekalb.  Lower taxes, lower crime, effective law enforcement, good schools, etc. versus the Democrat strongholds that are abysmal.

Also, local government is closer to those they screw over and are much more likely to be held accountable for their malfeasance.......except in major cities where Democrats basically have been given the keys to the kingdom despite decades of terrible results.  So no, if you have a state or local government run by Democrats you get what you vote for.  And if you don't like it move......but as we have seen with California nut jobs, they screw up their state and when they move to escape the insanity they vote for more of the same where they land. Sometimes you just can't fix stupid.