[EVO X]

Almost all of the mandates were imposed by state and local governments.

There were federal financial incentives for local and state governments to comply with mandates in those monstrous spending bills..

[DugwayDuke]

EVO X wrote: “There were federal financial incentives for local and state governments to comply with mandates in those monstrous spending bills..”

Incentives are only incentives. The local governments still had a choice on whether to impose mandates or not.