Our federal system of government is based on the premise that only a handful of laws and responsibilities belong to the Federal government and that ALL other laws (the vast bulk of them) are the responsibility of the individual states. Its called Federalism and it’s goal is to minimize the size and influence of the Federal government. Since our founding, more and more responsibility has been shifted to the Federal level contrary to the intent of our founders. Today, it is impossible to distinguish Democrat from Republican on their willingness to support bigger government. If you ever doubt the founder’s intent please read the Federalist Papers; the founders were passionately aligned on this point at the exclusion of many other possible scenarios.
The push towards “one size fits all” from both political parties and the public’s willingness to play along seems to ignore the geographic vastness of our country which played into the decision to go with Federalism as our foundational structure. Common sense seems to suggest that in this day and age we should be able to have the same laws in Nevada as we have in Arizona for example. After all travel is fast and easy. Why can’t we be like country “xyz” is the other popular cry today.
There are two reasons why we can’t or shouldn’t try to be like country “xyz”. The population of most COUNTRIES is less than the CITY of New York for example.