Toward A More Perfect Union

You want to know what the problem is in these here United States of America?  It's pretty simple...and pretty complicated.  These here United States are not "united".  Sure, you have one President, one House of Representatives and one Senate, each composed of men and women from all fifty states.  Sure, you have one Constitution, with its multiple Amendments.  Sure, you have one flag, and one national anthem.  Sure, you have one military organization.  Sure, you have one currency.  Did I miss anything?  Oh yeah...  Sure, you have one national sport, with the Yankees still at the top of the heap of teams, even in their losing years.

See, but here's the trouble...there is not one rule of law in all fifty states, as some states allow murderers to be hanged, and other seemingly more humane ones only allow life in prison, for example.  There is not one system of health care, that meets the needs of all citizens equally (and apparently no effort has been, nor will be, made to provide healthcare for all according to the system espoused in allied countries like many of those in the European Union).  There is not one system of education across all fifty states.  There is not one common tax burden for all citizens, regardless of where they live.  There is not one common cost of living across all states.  And these are just a few of the examples!

Call me crazy, but if each state gets to decide on how much tax it will levy against its citizens, or what its system of education entails, or how it will provide healthcare for its poor, how can that be seen as "united"?  I'm no political pundit, or political scientist, or even politically correct, but it seems to me that unless and until these here "United" States do more than pay lip service to equality, that unity will be as much a farce as Bugs Bunny cartoons are.

Just the meanderings of a mind seeking inspiration...