“You can have very big local government. By big, I mean very engaged government. Do you measure it in terms of the number of laws? Number of employees? You could make arguments for either one. I tend to think the axis of the size of government is the wrong concern. But I do think that situating power more locally is a legitimate approach.” ThinkingMeanBigsGovernmentLawTermNumbersApproachConcernArgumentSizeLocalsEngagedEmployeeAxesLocal GovernmentSize Of Government Author:Zephyr Teachout
“I tend to be a kind of left federalist. There's a value to more power of certain kinds being positioned at a more local level.” KindCertainValuesLeftLevelsLocalsFederalist Author:Zephyr Teachout
“As a school board member, I might have particular views about the ways we might increase the economics curriculum in a local high school, but I'm not sure I should mandate that for the entire country.” WayShouldCountryMightSchoolViewsParticularMembersHigh SchoolEconomicsIncreaseLocalsBoardsNot SureCurriculumMandatesSchool BoardBoard Members Author:Zephyr Teachout
