Federal Grants Fund A Quarter Of State And Local Government Spending

Posted by Milton Recht:

From CBO, "Federal Grants to State and Local Governments" March 2013:

In fiscal year 2011, the federal government provided $607 billion in grants to state and local governments. Those funds accounted for 17 percent of federal outlays, 4 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), and a quarter of spending by state and local governments that year.

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