excellent points

It may be easier to bribe or corrupt local governments, but at the same time it is also easier to expose it and let the local population deal with it. The BIG goal of corporate Amerika, once corporate Amerika achieved personhood, was to spread to multiple states so that problems could be "resolved" on the federal level. At that point it was out of the hands of the local political process. The governance and courts were beyond the control of the people affected. The same process continues with multinationals now being beyond control of the countries they exploit. Of course the "free trade" agreements are written by the multinationals to consolidate world power, and their paid stooges (the minion class - politicians, corporate media) belch out the sound-bites that make it seem hunky-dory. The enormous military (minion thugs) are spread around the world to make sure that nobody nationalizes local operations of multinationals. The USA has become the Britain of the 19th century. This represents exactly the same problem on a smaller scale. The state of Ohio cannot stop dumping within its boundaries because it interferes with interstate commerce. We have the same problem in Wisconsin where we are forced to accept garbage from Chicago in our landfills. These are paid for and run by Wisconsin municipalities and Wisconsin taxpayers have to pay for new land and operations as these Chicago dumps reach capacity. The only thing Ohio can do is raise the price so high that nobody is going to dump there. What will surprise Ohio is just how much the "frackers" will pay to keep that waste out of their own back yard. They know how nasty that stuff is and need to send it to some place that people have less concern about it. Maybe Ohio is a pretty good place for it, but soon they will have to compete with Wisconsin if Scott Walker can remodel the Department of Natural Resources to fit his own interests. After all he might finally be able to claim that he increased the jobs in his new "industry-friendly" state. The problem with states rights is that there aren't enough of them. Politics must be controlled on a local level, and if a local population is brain-dead, then they deserve their rewards. ************************** I really LOVE the way this saves carriage return-line feeds! there ARE four paragraphs here -- you just can't see them!