19: Balance
Restore the proper balance between the federal government and the governments closest to, and most reflective of, the American
people.
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We pledge to restore the proper balance between the federal government and the governments closest to, and most reflective
of, the American people. Scores of entrenched federal programs violate the constitutional mandates of federalism by taking
money from the States, laundering it through various federal agencies, only to return to the States shrunken grants with mandates
attached. We propose wherever feasible to leave resources where they originate: in the homes and neighborhoods of the taxpayers.
We call on the federal government to do a systematic analysis of laws and regulations to eliminate costly bureaucratic mandates
on the States and the people. With every right comes a responsibility. A few States and their political subdivisions are currently
in dire fiscal situations, largely because of their spending, debt, and failure to rein in public employee unions. In the
event those conditions worsen, the federal government must not assume the State governments’ or their political subdivisions’
financial responsibility or require the nation’s taxpayers to pay for the misrule of a few State governments. Nor shall the
States assume the federal government’s financial responsibility.
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