Why is the United States like this? Why is the federal government responsible for feeding people in Virginia while the state government runs a surplus? Why is the federal government in charge of education? Why is the federal government responsible for health care? Why does the federal government administrate all the land in western states? For all the pointing at Canada as a better model leftists in the US do, all these programs are provincially run and funded in Canada. If you need welfare in Ontario, the government of Ontario is responsible for feeding you, not the government of Canada. Why would these programs ever be run at the federal level instead of the state level?