No, to Revenue Sharing

Advocates of revenue sharing claim that it will cure the Federal Government’s elephantiasis, reinvigorate federalism, save the states from bankruptcy, ease the “crisis of the cities,” and draw talented people into local government, thereby assuaging the allegedly widespread alienation which is said to stem from frustrated participatory impulses. In short, revenue sharing is supposed to reverse many of the noxious tendencies which were born with, but did not die with, the New Deal. It would seem that revenue sharing is the most potentially productive weapon in the arsenal of conservatism.

But conservatives should doubt all devices which promise such an abundance of blessings. What follows are some grounds for skepticism.