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Wednesday Buzz
Written by LaVarr Webb & Associates

Right Way to Decentralize

In a Tuesday New York Times op-ed essay, former IRS commissioner Mark W. Everson suggests moving whole federal agencies and numerous federal workers out of Washington to “decentralize the executive branch of government.” He says it would “help limit the undue influence of Washington” and improve the economies of other parts of the country.

Here’s a much better idea: Don’t just move agencies out of Washington. Downsize the federal government by turning over much of what the federal government does to the states. Return to a balanced federalism as the founders of our country intended. Leave tax dollars and authority with the states. States would do the work less expensively with more accountability to citizens. There would be less partisan gridlock in Washington, less red ink, and the federal government wouldn’t be running every aspect of our lives. The federal government could do what it was designed to do and what it does best. States and local government would do the rest.

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