For that reason I thought Ivan's
final sentence highly questionable, and fatal for Pomocon / Porcher dialogue: «we should not confuse the philosophical
argument in favor of the local community, or a very reasonable attraction to its many virtues, with either the possibility or desirableness of that arrangement for us today.»
The
argument in favor of letting the amendment into the
final Senate bill is that if states do not comply with the law they lose their federal match, which would impact the federal budget.