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DISCUSSION 1
Government programs impacting government spending
Program 1: (Aid to the States
The federal government was assigned by the constitution powers leaving most of the government functions to the state. The powers are not delegated to the United States nor prohibited by it to the states are reserved to the states or the people. The policymakers and the courts have in the recent years undertaken most of the activities reserved to local government and the state through the “grant in aids” programs. These are programs subsidies combined with the federal regulatory controls to micromanage state and local activities. The theory behind grant in aids was that federal governments were supposed to operate programs in the interest of the national government. On the contrary, the in practice, the help system works differently. Many of the federal politicians preoccupy themselves with the competitive scramble of maximizing the subsidies for their states without caring if the program is efficient or how limited the budget is.
Grant in aid program needs to be eliminated. Federalism should be revived and the grant programs terminated. There is no clear reason as to why the activities should not be funded at the local and states levels)
Program 2: (Military expenses-It is good to note that the United States policy makers support highly expensive missions for the military instead of the essential role of defending the nation. It’s argued that the United States would be better off taking a wait and see approach to distant threats and letting friendly nations bear the most extra cost for their defense. The military budget needs to be cut in a fashionable way to balance the budget and downsize the government. )
Program 3: (Medicaid Medicare and social security-The projected growth of the above