Trump to acquaint them with the virtues of Federalism

Two headlines today, Fighting Trump on Climate, California goes Global and Rather Than Shrink Subway Delays MTA Seeks to Fund Expansion, exemplify the National Control vs Federalism division in our politic. Governor Jerry Brown has a mandate to keep Los Angeles' air clean and a local authority pushing clean air and fuel economy requirements that California according to our Constitution has the right to do. That it convinces other States to follow its lead is their right as well. That Scott Pruitt, who used to argue States Rights when railing against the EPA, now argues for National Control when heading the EPA is a priceless example of power selecting ideology of convenience. That the New York City subway, a public good solely in its environs, is controlled and funded by Albany, the State Capitol, is a micro view of why Federal power is inefficient at determining how to allocate resources correctly. Its an example that Progressives in New York City ought to study when thinking of Washington power exerting the same dull hand to Urban vs Rural, Coastal vs Central, and cooperative vs belligerent parts of the country.

New York Times headline article of 27 September 2017 U.S. Climate Policy: Made in California reaffirms this post. Progressives' distaste for Trump to acquaint them with the virtues of Federalism, a tool formerly used by retrograde Southern politicians to stall progressive policies, to develop local solutions in rich States and Cities bypassing Washington all together.