I am of the opinion that the only reason the Fed gets involved in paying a few cents on every STATE dollar spent on teachers, firemen, and police - is so they can justify the very very high cost and waste in the FEDERAL budget.
These are NOT Federal responsibilities - and almost all of the spending takes place at the STATE level - but somehow the Federal budget cannot even cut the rate of growth - or firemen, police, and teachers will be CUT CUT CUT!!!
People really ARE that stupid.
They are taking advantage of that fact, and the fact that the compliant media will not call them on it.
When I bother listening to these cretins (and the Cretin in Chief) talk about justification for what they do - it always seems to be “Police, Firemen, Teachers”. I guess that sells better than the actual responsibilities (limited and enumerated) of the Federal Government.
Local government hacks always seek out the federal tit to cover a little of their excessive, local spending knowing that the spigot will be turned off down the road but enough to keep them in office for awhile.
The same politicians, mostly Democrat local politicians know that they will be out of office and enjoying their taxpayer paid pensions when the federal money stops.