something to be dropped on from a great height as frequently as possible er particularly if it's the G L C.  In the United States, however much the federal government is irritated by the state government, it cannot attack its constitutional powers nor can it undermine its financial base  so that's a different relationship, it's a relationship based, not on dominance, but on partnership  and there has to be an understanding, a trade off between federal and er a and state government.