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The Progressive Assault Against Federalism

The Progressive Assault Against Federalism
The Capitol in Washington on May 7, 2019. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times
Mark Hendrickson
Mark Hendrickson
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A key part of the system of checks and balances that the Founding Fathers devised included the principle of federalism. The natural tendency for a national government is for power to become increasingly centralized.

Mark Hendrickson
Mark Hendrickson
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Mark Hendrickson is an economist who retired from the faculty of Grove City College in Pennsylvania, where he remains fellow for economic and social policy at the Institute for Faith and Freedom. He is the author of several books on topics as varied as American economic history, anonymous characters in the Bible, the wealth inequality issue, and climate change, among others.
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