Gutting the distribution of power

One major contributor to the success of America is the distribution of power. Communities share power with states who share power with Washington. The legislative, executive and judicial branches keep one another in check. Industry generates the resources while churches and non-profits do good in the community. The press independently pokes around for abuses among the very subscribers and advertisers who pay their bills.
This uniquely American distribution of power, messy at times, is man’s greatest creation and a model for the world. I thought the system was rock solid. Now I’m not so sure.
For decades, power has been ratcheting in one direction, moving steadily toward Washington. The Obama administration, the biggest advocates of a central state to ever occupy the White House, is accelerating the flow, and has the Congress, judiciary and media eating out of its hand. The states have no choice but to give up power to get funding because only the Feds can print money. Six brave governors who have told the Feds to stick their funding are getting slammed by the press.
Not only is the centralization of power gaining speed, but it’s jerking left. Only half the people are paying income taxes, a clear tipping point. Washington is now led by people who believe that government is the solution for everything, that money grows on trees and that we can negotiate with those who want to destroy us.
If we can survive until 2012, I believe that the country will wake up and elect new leaders who will use these recently distended central powers to restore the balance and unwind the damage.
What goes around comes around.