Arizona vs. Los Angeles

The events unfolding in the Southwestern U.S. are quite troubling. Can cities and states wage economic warfare against each other? That is what Los Angeles has done by effectively levying an embargo on Arizona’s goods and services. In turn, Arizona has threatened to turn off its electrical supply to the city. If you took the states’ names out of these sentences, you could mistake this for a call to action against Chinese goods and services or Russia threatening to cut off gas lines to Eastern Europe and Germany.

This is an outrage: how can an American city “punish” an American state for drafting a law to curb the flow of illegal aliens who are citizens of another country? The Obama administration needs to stand up and take some leadership on this issue. While states may be allowed to disagree with each other or with the federal government they must be expressly forbidden to engage in harmful action towards other states (or the federal government). What’s the point of being an American if I cannot even trust another city or state in my own country?

For a good read check out: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64I6UA20100519?type=domesticNews

Leave a comment

Name (required)

E-mail (required)

URI

Your Message

Security Code: