New Hampshire Tax Standoff

[TheMercenary]

Small communites in AZ and NM are billing the Feds for housing, arresting, and transporting illegal aliens. I don't think they expect to get the money they are owed, but the point is being made either way.

[Beestie]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Small communites in AZ and NM are billing the Feds for housing, arresting, and transporting illegal aliens. I don't think they expect to get the money they are owed, but the point is being made either way.

As it should for all unfunded mandates.

Its a problem we've had since the Declaration of Independence was ratified. How is the work of the government allocated between states and the fed and who pays for what. Frankly its a Gordian Knot of a mess and no one will ever completely solve it. But only hearing one party's side to one aspect of the issue offers no insight into the magnitude or distribution of inequity between a given state and the fed. The fed pays for a lot of state stuff. Is it even? Who knows?

That's what congressmen/women and senators are supposed to wrangle over. Some are better than others at it.