Show Federal Aid Fallacy There Thc iso is no that the tin tin- financial ancial plight ht in which find many states themselves lar largely ely has been caused by the makin making makine of appropriations road building to match While Federal the aid for to building I of of roads is is a hi highly commendable proceeding the fact I states have bankrupted is that tat the th themselves by going toof too f fast st spurred UL un or OL aid Since 1917 the United tates government has appropriated a i billion ai ap anda and a dollars for highways hi hwa's states the ie to appropriate a like amount it in n order to receive their of Federal funds proportion n swallowed r The state shave eagerly en erly swallow swallow- ed ed this bait apparently looking upon the Federal money a n sa gift ift from heaven But as every sensible person might mi ht have readily seen n these Federal sums had to come con from jue justas the pockets of the public just as the state funds do In other words the government go it says sa s 's Uncle Uncle Sam Sam will tax you n q dollars for roads road provided YOU allow your state to tax governments o you the another billion And pork barrel politicians tell you how generous Uncle Sam is with is-with your own mone money course Of-course if Uncle Sam is h oin going to tax the states tes for their of the pro rata mata Federal highway hi hway fund way anyway each ach any- any Y state that it must government C feels impose own owa impose a n tax on its people to meet it or lose its proPortion of the Federal levy Thus a sort rt of vicious circle is created from which the states can hardly escape For if any state does not match the Federal aid of red red it must still nay Lion uon OX trio Federal tax and rs- rs see it go to states which do By B this system a club is placed in the hands of the Federal with which government to virtually force each 1 state to match whether government funds it can afford to do not so or is anis In practice so-called so Federal aid l merely a bureaucratic scheme e for coercing coer in the states tes into bank bank- bankruptcy to keep the Federal gov ov company in its similar condition r rAt At tl Lt u cuer Mer England En Jand by corn com letin 7 and 12 hours of continuous fast Harry Rennie flennie claims to have broken the worlds world's fasting record of 57 days and 10 1 hours |