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For example, a number of New Deal breakthroughs, such as child labor laws, were inspired by state policies.
This type of method could lead to seeing how that policy effects its people, you can get statistics on it and then implement it on the federal level. By using a state and seeing the outcomes of it, it can help guide what that income will look like for the people in general.
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However, the fiscal hardships that plagued the government during the War of 1812,
What's that? How did it effect finances?
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The $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act passed by Congress and signed by President Biden included $350 billion in direct aid to state, local, and tribal governments.17
Has nothing to do with this statement, but it made me wonder if tribal governments have to pay taxes. When I looked it up, they have no obligations to the state or federal government to pay taxes. Which made me realize why there's no tax when buying something on the reservation.
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In the case of marijuana use, which the federal government defines to be illegal, thirty-six states and the District of Columbia have nevertheless established medical marijuana laws, others have decriminalized its recreational use, and fifteen states have completely legalized it.
I always wondered how abortion was legal in Washington even though Roe v Wade was overturned making it illegal in the country. This makes sense now!
In the case of many southern states like Florida for example banning black history from being taught in schools is that something that would go against the federal government, but hasn't had any consequences?
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The governmental design of the United States is unusual; most countries do not have a federal structure.
It's design is very complicated and has a lot of branches and sub branches (state vs federal). This is system is made in hopes to protect everyone and have a type of balance in power in many different opinions. If this is so, are there a lot of loopholes into it, because as this country has shown it doesn't protect every group in legislation.
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