Oddly enough, its all backed by the Constitution and what the founding fathers had in mind. 850 billion dollar stimulus packages aimed at saving Nnacy Pelosi's pet mouse, are not what they had in mind.
America was always supposed to more resemble the European Union, with a shared currency, but with different laws by state.
Years of liberal presidents has changed this,
The biggest culprit being FDR.
After the new deal everything changed.
In some cases for the better some for the worse.