Interesting.
I’d like to see a Flow Chart of how our Federal Tax Dollars move through the system.
From what I understand, The Federal Government is basically a “Pass Through” entity. Albeit one that comes with a cost and an increasing number of rules.
The Feds force rules on the states and then tell the states that they will withhold monies if they don’t comply.
Rarely do the Feds pay people directly.
Virtually all of these programs are administered by each State but under rules that are set by the Federal Bureaucracy.
Remember when some States objected to the Government imposing a National speed limit of 55 MPH? Those States were threatened with the withholding of “Highway Funds”.
Some talk about “UnFunded Mandates”, but it’s the FUNDED MANDATES that are killing our Country.
Sad but true.