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In the United States we have a combination of Unitary, Confederate and Constitutional government in order to satisfy the needs of all the different people that live here. It would not make sense for Washington to prohibit all U.S. citizens from bearing arms if none of the men in Washington had ever had to protect the family sheep from mountain lions. People from rural areas would have no say in that decision and the men in Washington would have no idea of who their decision would effect.
Every state must be represented when making federal laws. Every state must also have the right to make its own laws to fit the needs and wants of its people. So indeed it may be simpler if there was one central common government, but it would not be more equal or more fair.
Democracy was designed to work in small uniform communities. The nation, even at the time of its founding has been to big for a single democratic government to work, thus we divide and subdivide. The country in general has a government, the states have governments, and each town or city has a government, on and even smaller level businesses and families have governmental systems in place to obtain the peace and complacent happiness that we all crave. The divided government also helps to support the individuals rights as it allows for a better citizen to representative ratio.
For a country to work properly a it needs to have a strong central government. this helps to unify a country by creating a single government. this would create a country with uniform laws and punnishment. it keeps a country from breaking down into a confederation and eventually becoming sepirate countries. this is exactly what would have happened if the articles of confederation had not been thrown out for the constitution and new strong centeral government. the strong centeral government is what keeps a country together.
The Unites States of America contains a total of 3,794,066 square miles and 305,777,000 people. With a country this big, a centralized government would fall apart and our democracy would turn into chaos. By dividing the government into 50 separate pieces, all supervised by one federal government, it is possible to enforce laws and maintain a near constant state of peace within the country.
Slappy's romanticized version of the government would never work; as before stated the country would be a single, undivided mass of chaos. As each region of the United States has their own customs, different laws need to be instated. As different parts of the United States have different crime rates, different punishments are necessary. As the sakes rules do not work for each member of a family, it is impossible for the same rules to apply to each part of the country.
does one crime in one part of the country not equal the same crime in another part of the country? if someone steals a car in new york and another person steals a car in los angeles doesn't it warrant the same punishment? crime rates shouldn't effect the punishment because a sentence is a punishment NOT a deterent.
the government i am talking about would still have the congress with the house and senate. the states are represented in the government but they have no individualized government.
Does one crime in one part of the country equal the same crime in another part of the country? Yes, the crime is the same. No, the punishment for the crime should not necessarily be the same. In theory, all punishments would be the same, all men would be created equal, and all aspects of torture should be abolished. In theory. But what about the real world? The world we all have to live in? Having the same punishment to deter 70 people from committing the same crime and to deter 7,000 people should be vastly different; having 7,000 people steal cars in one day in an immensely greater problem than 70 people stealing cars. Punishments should not only reflect the severity of the crime, but they should reflect the dynamics of the community. Communities are as different and unique to each other as people are; people should not all be treated the exact same way either.
so if someone wanted to commit a crime then they would only have to travel a little way where the crime rate was lower so they could escape a harsher punishment. having uniform punishments is the best way to equally benefit the country to keep from people abusing the laws. by creating uniform laws people will be treated equally as they wish, or is equality not what we strive for in this country.
As far as the crime issue goes, central government controls that as best they can keeping all punishments relatively close. We have over "87,504 governmental units in the United States" for a reason, as states The Census of Government. This or these reasons being to protect one or more rights. If we had only type of government they couldn't possibly cover all matters and topics involving certain issues on rights. This is why we have so many. So having one type of government is not the right solution. That is why, as others have said before me "we have to have a strong central government" and this is me adding on saying that along with this central government we have several other governments branching out from this one.
Blairktt is actually Jackfruit33 sorry!
The United States is a huge country. Each state has its own topography, economy, religions, traditions, and people that live there. It only makes sense that each state should also have its own government that can give individual attention to the specific needs of the area it governs. If the super intendant of RI laid out every lesson that was to be taught, and the curriculum for every class, then there would be no room for individualism. Every kid learns differently. There are honors kids, dumb kids, lazy kids, confederate kids, and overachieving AP kids. That is why every school has its own principal, and every class has its own teacher. This is also why each state, and sometimes each town needs its own government.
Our country is a puzzle, not a painting. A painting is a complete thing, solid and unitary. Our country, like a puzzle, is made up of many different pieces, each unique in color, shape, location and size.
Lets call the demographics of a state, its color. This is a major factor in distinguishing one state from the next. Take our town and compare it to new York City. For starters, we have a whole hell of a lot less people which would give us louder voices in town government, where that city would be far more divided. New York City has an incredibly high level of minorities, while little ole South Kingstown has small numbers of minorities and many families who have had generations live here.
Where a piece fits perfectly into the puzzle is just like the location of a state or town. To quote Evita, "It would not make sense for Washington to prohibit all U.S. citizens from bearing arms if none of the men in Washington had ever had to protect the family sheep from mountain lions. People from rural areas would have no say in that decision and the men in Washington would have no idea of who their decision would effect."
Our "One Nation Under God" would tear itself apart if it were forced to be a uniformed country. If all laws were the same, no matter where a state is or who makes up its population, it would be a whole mess of what can be referred to as "cookie cut" states. This means that all the states are forced into the same mold and are forced to be exactly like eachother. The diversity of our country, which is so celebrated by our people, would be completely destroyed.
The United States one strong central government for the country, then one for each state, and one for each town. This is done to satisfy the people of that area.The federal government's laws must be created with each state having a say in them but each state is different that the others so certain laws that might be needed that wouldn't be in another state. These small subgovernments do help the people have more say in what they want then if the United States had one government for the large population.
The United States is a democratic nation where one can choose who they truely believe in. There is a combination of Unitary, Confederate and Constitutional government in order to simply please the people. A country as large as the United States would not be able to survive with simply one government. The country has a national government, states have governments, and then towns have governments, here different decisions regarding different issues are debated depending the severtiy of the decision.
Charlotte de Berry is completely right when stating different regions of the country require different laws. Depending on the crime rate of a region applicable laws must be created, not a national law that may be too harsh for other regions.
There are many governments throughout the United States because many Americans have different ideas about how a certain government should be run. In the US we have three types of government including federal, state, and local. The federal government deals with the entire country in general while the state and local governments deal with the people in those areas. The leaders in state and local governments are allowed to create laws different from other state and local governments as long as they do not go against any of the laws created by the federal government. If we had just one central common government for the entire country administered at local levels, then certain laws that are relevant to a certain area might not apply to other area's of the United States. For example, certain farming laws may apply to people living in farming areas of the US, but they do not have anything to do with the people living in more urban settings. That is why it would be better to keep multiple governments throughout the country instead of having one central common government because it could end up affecting the country in a negative way.
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