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John Sturc's avatar

Very interesting post. It raises lots of issues to talk about as the reduced level of federal support for state budges makes the public becomes more reliant on state governments to fund social needs such as climate risk mitigation, school construction, hospitals, and other forms of infrastructure. Thanks for publishing the article!

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Susan Crawford's avatar

Thanks - I really appreciate your reading the piece! You are right.

And then what - what if states now becoming more self-reliant begin to resist pleas to subsidize, say, Mississippi? The New Deal made us powerful as a nation. The 10th Amendment, taken to an extreme, may make us a loosely-federated jumble, bound together only by highways.

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maurice forget's avatar

Your "president" is irresponsible, get rid of that.

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