$10,000 for 'Circus Training': Does the Federal Government Need to Pay for This?
There is no reason to think that federal politicians have superior knowledge to state-local leaders regarding how to run policing, schools, housing, and other local activities.
Note: some of the line items may be aggregations of multiple programs, and some small number are contracts, not grants.
This article first appeared at the Cato Institute.
Image: Reuters.