Power Shifts In Intergovernmental Relations: A Result Of Fiscal Federalism
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Fiscal federalism is the result of the states' dependence on the
national government for funds. Until 1913, the national government had minimal
monetary resources, thus possessing little control over the affairs of the
states. Once effected, the Sixteenth Amendment resulted in the amassing of
go ....
Middle of paper
.... Since the
Depression, fiscal federalism has caused the national government to dominate the
states; recently, however, reforms have begun to return power to the states.
Policies and precedents of the New Deal centralized power in the
national government. To remedy the devastation of the Great Depression, it
assumed a more direct and prevalent role in the lives of the people. Congress
passed the 1935 Social Security Act, providing retired persons pensions and
benefits for the unemployed and ....
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