2011-04-02thepelicanpost.org

``New research indicates 2011 will be the first year that federal aid becomes the largest component of state revenues. Already 27 states, including Louisiana, rely on federal aid as their primary source of funding, but the report’s author describes this year’s level as a critical breaking point... Federal funding makes a mockery of genuine federalism, since states then have less independence to act in the interests of local people.''



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