US Federal Grants to States 2019

The US Federal Budget funds Grants to States for expenditures include natural resources, environment, agriculture, transportation, community and regional development, education, training, employment, social services, health, income security, administration of justice, government and other.

States could not get their voters to increase State and local taxes to fund this expanded activity, so Congress took it on. Now it’s time to look at this scam.

As Congress assumed responsibility for more expenses since 1960, the cost of these giveaways, subsidies and unconstitutional functions have increased from $7.0 billion to $750.7 billion. Total annual federal Grants to States from 1960 to 2020 are listed below.

1960    $7.0  billion

1970    $24.1 billion

1980    $91.4 billion

1990   $135.3 billion

2000   $285.9 billion

2005   $428.0 billion

2010   $608.4 billion

2015   $624.4 billion

2018   $696.5 billion

2019   $749.6 billion

2020   $750.7 billion est.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/ap_17_state_and_local-fy2020.pdf

States compete with each other and should reassume responsibility for most of these expenses. Federal Lands should be given back to the States and subsidies for natural resources, environment, transportation, community and regional development, education, training, employment, social services, health, administration of justice, government and other. These can be stepped down by 10% per year and be eliminated completely by 2030.

Federal costs for agriculture and income security in the form of Social Security Retirement, Disability and Medicare should be retained until these programs can be returned to the market economy.

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader