And his Tag partner ! <| sep |> This one , when it comes down to it , is because of that fact that before we were one giant fucking country , we were lots of smaller provinces . At one time , yes , everything was uniform and done the same way . When it came time for the legion of friendship to gather under a single flag , they didnt really want to give up their policies and accept others . This is the whole issue of states rights . In the US we have a whole additional level of management because the country is too damn big to operate as effectivley as a country like france . Some national issues are delegated to individual state congresses , which are sometimes delegated to city or county offices , and then further to towns . Its overly comolicated and the decisions reachwd are never , ever similar .