Revenue Sharing between the States and the Federal government

Federal grants have become more common over the last 60 years, due to the expansion and retraction of the size of the federal government. The federal government began expanding in the 1930s to deal with the Depression. It used federal agencies to directly deal with problems. As time went on, the tasks were turned over to the states, but the federal government still remained involved through the use of federal grants to states and localities. In …

…the same in other fields. The national government should make more use of revenue sharing than it does now. Revenue sharing will prevent many of the disparities found in federal funding. States with small populations now receive more federal money per capita than states with large populations, possibly due to their having higher representation in the Senate. The elimination of this disparity in funding is needed in order to ensure adequate funding of all states.