http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/23/us/north-carolina-in-political-flux-battles-for-its-identity.html?ref=us
Journal Review 2: Federalism
The state of North Carolina has made it onto the front page of the New York Times website. In the article, “North Carolina, in Political Flux, Battles for Its Identity” By Richard Fausset the political upheavals that prevail across the state are explained. From tax policies to educational beliefs and systems the state is experiencing a war between both democratic leaders and republican leaders vying for their policies to be successful. Recently, Governor Pat McCrory aided the state legislature to pass one of the most far-reaching conservative agendas in the country involving policies that control taxes, voting, gun rights, and abortion. Meanwhile, in the senate chair, a democratic Kay Hagan holds the edge over republican candidates. Not only are the political hemispheres clashing wildly in North Carolina but also so to are the people and their lifestyles. More and more conflicts are rising from open-minded individuals becoming more influential in traditionally conservative towns and districts. North Carolina is on the cusp of political change.
This political upheaval being experience in North Carolina and undoubtedly elsewhere in the United States is a monotonous, yet incredible establishment and feature of our Federal system of government. The concept that states can choose what they believe the best policies for their people are and even have the option to fight over those policies internally is an important feature of our and any other federal system. This multi-level system of government called federalism gets rid of a centralized power of the national government as well as allows states to continue to hold their individual rights. These rights, represented by North Carolina, include the right to make and mold policy such as tax laws, gun laws, abortion laws, and voting laws individually without the national government glowering over their shoulders. This is majorly important because the states remain the closest to the citizens they contain and therefore should hold the most influence in molding policies for those people.
Journal Review 2: Federalism
The state of North Carolina has made it onto the front page of the New York Times website. In the article, “North Carolina, in Political Flux, Battles for Its Identity” By Richard Fausset the political upheavals that prevail across the state are explained. From tax policies to educational beliefs and systems the state is experiencing a war between both democratic leaders and republican leaders vying for their policies to be successful. Recently, Governor Pat McCrory aided the state legislature to pass one of the most far-reaching conservative agendas in the country involving policies that control taxes, voting, gun rights, and abortion. Meanwhile, in the senate chair, a democratic Kay Hagan holds the edge over republican candidates. Not only are the political hemispheres clashing wildly in North Carolina but also so to are the people and their lifestyles. More and more conflicts are rising from open-minded individuals becoming more influential in traditionally conservative towns and districts. North Carolina is on the cusp of political change.
This political upheaval being experience in North Carolina and undoubtedly elsewhere in the United States is a monotonous, yet incredible establishment and feature of our Federal system of government. The concept that states can choose what they believe the best policies for their people are and even have the option to fight over those policies internally is an important feature of our and any other federal system. This multi-level system of government called federalism gets rid of a centralized power of the national government as well as allows states to continue to hold their individual rights. These rights, represented by North Carolina, include the right to make and mold policy such as tax laws, gun laws, abortion laws, and voting laws individually without the national government glowering over their shoulders. This is majorly important because the states remain the closest to the citizens they contain and therefore should hold the most influence in molding policies for those people.