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Essay Archive - The Government Should Make Use of Revenue Sharing
The Government Should Make Use of Revenue Sharing
Federal grants have become more common over the last 60 years, due to the
expansion and retraction of the size of the federal government. The federal
government began expanding in the 1930s to deal with the Depression. It used
federal agencies to directly deal with problems. As time went on, the tasks
were turned over to the states, but the federal government still remained
involved through the use of federal grants to states and localities. In the
1970s, Nixon's New Federalism put a heavy emphasis on federal grants. ....
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