It is ridiculous to expect that a nation as large as ours in land mass and population, one that is so ethnically and culturally diverse, will agree on everything. This is why politicians can't get much done because someone is bound to be slighted. The beauty of it is that there are 50 states. As long as we have a common military, economic system and language, the individual states should have more power to handle trade, education, and personal freedoms according to the population that chooses to live there.