LOCAL CONTROL

 

Is this really a move against centralized control? Many see what's happening in the eastern Ukraine as just a grab by Putin-led Russia. And it may turn out to be just that. But beneath the surface bubbles something much bigger, much more subtle, the growing disdain and mistrust of federal or centralized control.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/11/us-ukraine-crisis-idUSBREA400LI20140511

Those in the MSM who quickly jumped on the criticism bandwagon against the Nevada rancher and his beef with Federal officials over grazing land is just one small example. Just this weekend in Utah more people protested about Federal control of local lands.

 The ride into Recapture Canyon, which comes amid heightened political tensions, is a protest against indecision by federal land managers on whether to reopen canyon trails to recreational vehicle use after more than seven years of study. http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/10/us-usa-utah-showdown-idUSBREA4903920140510  The key word here is indecision, something centralized government is famous for. See Mario Draghi and the ECB.

Take a  closer look at the European Union. With elections coming up, if you think there isn't growing disgruntlement against Brussels and the whole idea of centralized control, you have not been paying attention. The unhappiness about the euro and a host of other complaints grow daily. Here's an excerpt from a recent article from the Economist.

The reason why European politicians are worried about further reform is the fear of populism. Eurosceptic parties are leading the polls or running second in France, the Netherlands, Greece, Italy and in non-euro Britain and Denmark.

Talk of leaving the euro zone is resurfacing. Silvio Berlusconi, a former Italian prime minister, has said Italy and other countries might have to give up the currency unless the ECB loosens monetary policy.

 And in Finland, a creditor country, a paper published by a group of economists this week suggests that it would be better to leave the euro lest Finland gets dragged into a more federal system with joint liabilities such as Eurobonds.
  http://www.businessinsider.com/charlemagne-beware-of-europhoria-2014-5#ixzz31QUxfoTC

Two years ago it was the markets threatening to put the EU asunder. Now it might turn out to be the voters doing the market's job. 

Anyone naive enough to think that major corporations fleeing high tax states like California and high corporate tax nations like the US isn't about controlling one's own destiny or local control should look again. There are probably few things in life more tenuous than geographic boundaries, something history attests to.

Some laugh but in the huge, amorphous state of California there's a ballot petition floating around to have a referendum to break up that giant mess into six states. The growing gap between the haves and the have little and just how to close it is another lightening rod sitting in the wings.

Though many fail to get it, sovereignty is a term really about local control.