This is ONE COUNTRY, not a weak affiliation of fifty countries. Benefits should be as equally spread as possible among all citizens, since a huge number of us do not stay in one state for a lifetime. I have lived in MO, WA, IA, KS, WV, VA, MD, NM, TX and FL: ten states. Of these MD and WA were the best run, and VA was dead last. WV wasn't much better, but there is money in VA and lots of it, but WV is clearly the poorest state I have lived in.
States rights are dead, and should be put to rest.