http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/resource/speeches/1981/111981b.htm An interview by Ronald Regan with reporters on Federalism
"And, then -- maybe this is more than you bargained for in this answer, but let me get it all in -- my dream is that the block grants are only a means to an end. And the end is that the government, which has preempted over the years so much of the tax revenue potential in this country, that we could turn back not only the responsibility to governments of tasks that I think they can perform better than the Federal Government can perform, but turn back tax sources so that the tax source itself goes to them. And they, therefore, then have the responsibility for collecting the money which they're going to spend for this by way of the tax." We are reaping the results of policies put in place by Regan, Bush, and Bush. Reduce federal taxes and raise the money locally. Great idea for those small rich communities,a lousy one for the nation as a whole, and dreadful for rural and intercity communities. As a library trustee in a small, rural village I experienced these effects first hand. Anne/Upstate New York To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send: set mail
