Doing Without States

8/06/01


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Table of Contents

Doing Without States

Status Quo

What the Constitution Says

Local Government

Adding Regions

Associations of Local Governments

Single-Function Administrative Regions

Some Strongly Held Beliefs

Regional Governments

Minimalist Model For Abolition of the States

Anarchist Preferred Solution

S11 Nightmare

Costs and Benefits

Divided Government

Costs of Dividing Government

Monolithic Government

Costs of Monolithic Government

Administrative Regions

Costs of Administrative Region Approach

Functional Regions

Costs of Functional Region Approach

How Large Should Government Regions Be?

Possible Sizes for Government Regions

Important Sizes for Community of Interest?

Constitutional Protection For Sub-Units

PPT Slide

A Possible Long-Term Target

A Possible Medium-Term Target

Possible Short-Term Targets

Questions

Master Plan

Abolish State Governments Collective

Author: David Bofinger