#19 Mongoose:
“”" Federal and State largess has short-circuited this goad to commonsensical government, and not just at the most local level and not just as regards education. This is a pernicious side effect of modern “Liberalism”: “”"

Is everyone here aware that recently federal funding to the states has reached a tipping point/milestone (according to a source I will try to relocate)? On average — it will vary with different states — the states now get more from the feds for their operating budgets than they do from in-state revenues. This. Is. Crazy.