I would like this to be a serious debate. Before the stock market crash in the 1920’s the Federal Government looked and functioned much differently than it does today.

Please make comparisons of America before and after and note the positives of both eras.

I’ll start out by saying before the 1920’s most states considered themselves countries like France and Germany see themselves to the European Union today. And today most citizens consider states incapable of managing affairs without the aid of the federal government. Can the federal government better manage government affairs than the states and, if so why?