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Trivia Tidbit of the Day: Part 588 -- Federal Government Ending Federalism.
State Dependency-
USA Today reported this week that the federal government is now the #1 source of revenue for state and local governments for the first time ever.
Heritage has great treatment of this issue:
The current trend is troubling. Federal aid to states erodes legislators' accountability to voters, increases the public's and the states' dependence on the federal government, weakens incentives to restrain government spending, and even encourĀages state lawmakers to design and expand their spending to maximize federal aid to their states.
Federalism. Out the door.
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Posted by Will Franklin · 6 May 2009 10:54 AM