More levels of government increase the possibilities of responding to diversity. Its negative potential means that a. Small-scale governments may lack resources to respond to local problems. The complexity of multiple governments may discourage individual participation. Conflicting standards and laws may cause confusion. The battle over states' rights and federal obligations continues.
Different states have different problems.
Returning control to the states would encourage experimentation based on state diversity. States would compete with each other and the people could choose the state government they preferred by moving to that state. The national government is too remote from the people and it is dominated by special interests. The federal government's size leads to waste and inefficiency. Historically, the states have not been responsive to various constituencies.