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Episode 196: Everything Is Awfully Politicized

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The Limits of the Federal Government

The states have gone from roughly co-equal with the nation that we have to administrative subdivisions of the federal government, he says. "We threw out the baby with the bathwater" by letting social security and other programs go into effect in New York or Colorado, Obama adds. The cost is extreme; just look at the $27 trillion national debt as an example: it's more than 100 times over its pre-recession level.

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