Wednesday, February 5, 2020

Federal Grants to States 2019


This $750 billion Federal Giveaway needs to be challenged. In the 1960s, State and Local governments had trouble getting pet projects approved by their voters, so they asked the Federal government to get the money for them. These used to be called “earmarks” and were “horse-traded” to be inserted in most Bills in the US House and Senate.

States and Local governments need to fund their own infrastructure and expenses from local taxes from voters who would benefit from new infrastructure. Federal grants were simply added to the price of local infrastructure. If voters in cities and counties want money for commuter trains, bike lanes, parks and other public spending, voters should vote to spend their own tax money. See below.

Federal Grants to States, by Congressional Research Service, 5/22/19.

2019   $749.554B
2018   $696.507B
2017   $674.700B
2016   $660.818B
2015   $624.354B
2014   $576.965B
2013   $546.171B
2012   $544.569B
2011   $606.766B
2010   $608.390B
2000   $285.874B
1990   $135.325B
1980     $91.385B
1970     $24.065B
1960       $7,019B
1950       $2.253B
1940         $872M
1930         $100M
1922         $118M
1913           $12M
1902             $7M

Federal Grant Allocation:
Health 60.6% Medicare, Medicaid $418.7B
Income Security 15.2% Social Security
Education & Social Services 9%
Transportation 9% $43.9B
Community & Regional Development 2.9%
Other 3.3% $10B

Federal Grant Allocation by Program
Medicaid $418.7
Highway Fund $43.9B
Child Nutrition $23.9B
Rent Assistance $22.3B
Children’s Health Insurance 18.4B
Special Education $17.4B
Needy Family Assistance $16.5B
Family Services $10.9B
Urban Mass Transit $10.3B
Disaster Relief $10.2B



Federal Dollars by State

Money from the federal government is redistributed back to states in the form of grants. These Federal Tax dollars are spent on Medicaid, Public Education, infrastructure, etc. and received by States as outlined below.

California $436.1 billion
Texas $269.0 billion
Florida $237.7 billion
New York $220.6 billion
Virginia $176.8 billion
Pennsylvania $155.8 billion
Illinois $131.8 billion
Ohio $125.7 billion
North Carolina $113.1 billion
Michigan $108.4 billion
Maryland $105.1 billion
Georgia $104.5 billion
New Jersey $97.7 billion
Arizona $82.2 billion
Washington $80.5 billion
Massachusetts $78.7 billion
Tennessee $76.3 billion
Missouri $72.3 billion
Kentucky $70.8 billion
Indiana $67.8 billion
Alabama $65.8 billion
Minnesota $64.4 billion
South Carolina $59.7 billion
Colorado $57.5 billion
Wisconsin $55.4 billion
Louisiana $52.0 billion
Oregon $45.7 billion
Oklahoma $45.1 billion
Connecticut $41.1 billion
Mississippi $37.8 billion
Arkansas $35.1 billion
New Mexico $31.7 billion
Kansas $31.3 billion
Iowa $29.9 billion
Nevada $28.7 billion
West Virginia $24.6 billion
Utah $23.9 billion
Hawaii $19.9 billion
Nebraska $17.7 billion
Idaho $17.5 billion
Maine $17.4 billion
New Hampshire $15.0 billion
Alaska $13.0 billion
Rhode Island $12.6 billion
Montana $12.2 billion
Delaware $11.5 billion
South Dakota $9.3 billion
Vermont $8.0 billion
North Dakota $7.9 billion
Wyoming $7.1 billion


Lawless States, Counties and Cities are vulnerable to having their Federal Dollars frozen to get them to end their lawless ways and repeal their sanctuary and other illegal and unconstitutional sub-culture ordinances that interfere with Federal Law. ICE needs to be able to get local police support to transfer illegal criminal aliens for prosecution and deportation. Universities need to be persuaded to stop their Communist indoctrination on campus and reign in their Leftist faculty and protest clubs to allow free speech or lose their federal grant money.

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader

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