The State of NY has 29 million people in it. It has its own legislature and its own executive branch. It has its own code of law. Etc. Each of our states is similiar to a European country. So its not terribly odd that we think they should be handling more things than the Feds do. Its probably confusing for someone in Europe, but in essence consider the United States the EU and each individual state as a country like France or Norway. <br> <br>In that light you can see why its preferable to us to keep things local.