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Federalism and Summary

Federalism and Summary. Teach for America. Juniors and Seniors Friday, Feb. 9 Room 130 Wooten Hall www.teachforamerica.org. Homework Returned. Check grade on WebCT Vista – you have until Wednesday, February 14, to report problems with your grade

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Federalism and Summary

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  1. Federalism and Summary

  2. Teach for America • Juniors and Seniors • Friday, Feb. 9 • Room 130 Wooten Hall • www.teachforamerica.org

  3. Homework Returned • Check grade on WebCT Vista – you have until Wednesday, February 14, to report problems with your grade • Bring your assignment with a note explaining the problem (ATTACHED) • Give to Bryan Rasmussen • MWF 9-10:15, 337 Wooten Hall

  4. Exam • Friday, Feb. 9 • Dr. Ko Maeda • No late exams given out!! • Bring sharpened #2 pencil • No books, notes, mp3 players, cell phones, headphones, etc. • 40 multiple choice and true/false questions

  5. Power to Tax and Spend • Categorical Grants • Block Grants • General Revenue Sharing

  6. How Federal Government Uses Money to Control States • Categorical Grants • Conditional Funding • South Dakota v. Dole • Feds promoting general welfare • Condition unambiguous • “Reasonable relation” to expenditure • No independent constitutional bar

  7. Why Is Conditional Funding Effective? • States depend on the money from the federal government • If a state loses the federal funding, their citizens don’t pay lower taxes • States don’t have political power to compensate for loss of federal money

  8. Federal Govt. Receipts from Ind. Income Tax Per Capita State Taxes, Per Capita (National Average) State Taxes, Per Capita (Texas) $793,699 million $2,734.58 $1,883.56 $1,315.55 2003 Figures

  9. Federal Govt. Receipts (Per Capita) State Taxes, Per Capita (National Average) Federal Outlays to States (Per Capita) $2,734.58 $1,883.56 $1,334.32 2003 Figures

  10. Big Picture • Constitution born from • Rhetoric of revolution • Classical liberalism • Necessity

  11. Big Picture • How does federal system fit with Constitutional principles? • People like their local government more than national government – why? • How has national government used Constitutional flexibility to expand power? Is that good or bad??

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