And why? – It would be difficult to impossible from a manpower and money perspective to radically transform the governments of 50 individual states. A single federal government would be simpler and would make a much easier target. This concept can only work if the single federal government has absolute rule over the 50 states, thus you have the strong need for the federal government to make them subordinate. Give up state sovereignty and the rest, as they say, is history.

Can the feds afford to do this? – You bet, out of all the TARP and stimulus money the federal government is sitting on an unspent pile worth, as of today’s estimate, $660 Billion. Only about 10% of the stimulus has been spent and a significant part of the TARP money has been repaid but not returned to the taxpayers. It also looks today that our economy is on the rebound and will not need more stimulus or TARP. I believe we will see what is being touted as a “jobless recovery”. Many of the jobs lost were necessary fat trimmings. Employers needed a “crisis” to perform this with reduced risk of wrongful termination suits and they got it. Many other jobs have been lost to companies moving their production offshore and these jobs are permanently lost. And what about the flood of illegals? You decide.

How will the feds spend the money? – How many senators and representatives do we have in total? Take the $660 Billion number and divide it by the number of congressional seats to be filled in the 2010 midterm elections and you can see in very plain and simple terms what is absolutely going to happen. That’s a lot of money and money buys power. What we have in progress now in congress is going to get significantly stronger – take it to the bank. Like I said in the second paragraph above “Give up state sovereignty and the rest, as they say, is history.”