OPINION: Dems get played by GOP in game of federal spending
May 28—Perhaps Republicans are on to something. Perhaps it is time to dramatically shrink the size of the federal government. Rather than sending s...
May 28—Perhaps Republicans are on to something. Perhaps it is time to dramatically shrink the size of the federal government. Rather than sending so many tax dollars to Washington and then distributing the money back to states to pay for things like Medicaid, highway work, social safety net programs, and highway work, just keep that money in the states and let the states deal with those issues — or not. Fiscally speaking, such a change in approach would work well for Connecticut. Looking at an analysis by the Rockefeller Institute of Government of 2019 federal spending, Connecticut that year sent $14,915 per capita in federal tax dollars to Washington and got $12,515 per capita back.