Introduction This essay is about an important issue facing many countries, especially the United States. The problem is that the underlying, immediate issues do not reside in the beltway or D.C, but at the state level. To paraphrase Ronald Reagan, "...government is the problem," and to add a corollary "the problem is eminent at the states levels in the United States." What is the problem at the state level in the United States? The primary issues...