Why not? If they accept the money then the Federal government should have some say over it - for instance if a state refuses to make the roads safer by changing laws and regulations, ie., safety belts and raising the drinking age, then they should not get federal highway funds.
It is coercive but then again so is getting front ended by a drunken 18 year old. He who pays the piper calls the tune and all that. larry On 7/28/05, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No. Although they probably should be on the 'federal' highways. > > This is a joke man. I haven't really thought this all through or > anything. It would never happen. > > Here's a new fork topic. Do you think that the federal government > should be able to withhold funds from states that don't do what the feds > tell them to? > > The federal government has done this with many issues, things like the > drinking age, seat belts, educational programs. > > Tim > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:166903 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
