Hmm...ok, that word confuses me because in our system, anything that is controlled by the central government is referred to as "Federal"..like the FBI. So when I hear "federalization", I think of a trend towards the central government.
Oh well...semantics. On 8/16/07, Russel Madere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Actually, as I understand it, a federailzed system give the member states > most of the power while the central government sees to the common defense > and interstate activities with little control over other activities in the > states. Our current system is more a republican system with the central > government having more power and the member states seeing to good of the > central government. In a repubic, there is often a blurring of the lines > between the member states as the central government gains more power (as we > have seen here in the US for tha past century). > > >Wouldn't that be a LESS federalized system, or am I confused on that > term??? > > > >-- > >Her CD changer is full of singers who are mad at their cat. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Check out the new features and enhancements in the latest product release - download the "What's New PDF" now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:240515 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
