Quote:
|
Outside of the original 13 colonies and Texas every single state was created out of territory owned by the federal government.
|
Your statement would seem to imply that the
federal government is some sort of stand-alone entity, like a big corporation?
I believe that is the "meat" of the issue. The federal government was never supposed to be autonomous,but rather the combined voice of "we the people".
Under the notion you put forth it would be more like;
"Here is a piece of land we will grant you to make a state"
I may be wrong, but I don't believe that was the mechanism for development. Someone will correct me I am sure.