President Trump's call to import Argentina beef to lower meat prices caused an outcry and complaints about federal regulation. My take after reading about processing plants is that the federal government ISN'T the problem. The shortage of processing options for small scale farms could be addressed at the state level.

I have also been skeptical that enhanced federalism would deal with our political gridlock and anger. However, federalism COULD turn down the heat on immigration. Allow federal screening but let states and their own labor markets control the right to work while awaiting a green card.

Shout out to the book Breaking Away by Ryan McMaken of the Mises Institute for its information on how states used to have a central role in immigration policy when the federal government wasn't worried about it. Great read and I say that without any sponsorship or other means for moolah to get to my pocket from it.