> >Why can't the Fed give States a grant every year, and the amount could
> be based on the state's population? It could kind of be a head tax in
> reverse. Then, the state could decide how best to use it,
How about not taking up the tax to begin with. Federal tax collection is
just like fund raisers. They (fund raisers) are obliged to tell you what
percent
is actually given to the target charity. Typically it is 5% or less of what
they collect. If the feds gathered a million dollars from a state, it would
be a miracle if they returned $50K of it from where it was collected. Lots
of
fingers in the pie along the way.