. >> we libertaans like competitn so 50 states gives us some, but the federal government doesn't allowhat to happen. nick is the editor ththe websiteeason.com. when i was 18, drinking alcohol was allowed in most states at age 18 so that wasood experintation what happened? >>he great federalist ronald reagan who ran o a campaign of what he called the new federalism of decentlizing power to the states passed a fundinggmemps so all the states if ty wanted ohio federal dollars -- 21 andhas what happened. we like lab are a to hers of demracy. barrooms of democracy, not so much. this is the real gist of federalism. everyone is a fair weather federalist. you lovet when it does what you want. >> but it's a dumb rase bse federalist means the opposite of what it sounds like. >> you decentralize powe across 50 states or however my you have. (?) >> that's what we call federalized. >> and that's a gd idea. >> and i taxes we have some competition that keeps california being as worse as it is because has texas as a model. when you look at california and texas the two biggest states in e country, cali