Federal Government Now Owns the States


	Federal Government Now Owns the States

blueridge

5-12-2009 8:01 PM

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federal government, states, federal aid, state revenues, taxes, 10th amendment, states rights

blueridge says:

Your state is now more beholden to the Feds than you because of their money-influence. That is why the states increasingly bow to Washington, instead of asserting their 10th amendment rights. "The love of money is the root of all sorts of evil", including corrupted government power and unaccountability to the people.

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