Nick,
You need to live in Massachusetts to appreciate the FAA owns the aircraft and pilot registration. If Ma owned that process, I'd be paying $$$$$ A YEAR for a privilege the FAA granted me for passing a test.
As it is, I STILL have to register my plane with Ma DOT for $166 a year. At least they don't (YET) charge sales tax, but that is coming. And I don't land at DOT airports or suck up ANY DOT services, and basically I get NOTHING for the privilege.
Thank you very freaking much. No. I do not want the states to regulate aviation at all.