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Althusius - New Federalist Nº 3
Althusius - New Federalist Nº 3
Althusius - New Federalist Nº 3
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NEW FEDERALIST NO. 3
Johannes Althusius*
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New Federalist No. 3 133
The net result over the years of too many "Washington reflex"
actions has been the creation of what we now refer to euphemis-
tically as delivery system problems. (The Post Office is not the only
Department in Washington with such problems.)
Each narrowly targeted Federal grant-in-aid has its own interest
group. And each group presses for support of its particular function,
engaging the energies of administrators and legislators at all levels of
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134 Johannes Althusius
The first time President Nixon used the phrase, New Federalism,
was in his August 8, 1969, television address to the Nation in refer-
ence to the Administration's revenue sharing plan.
The three other proposals in the August 8 address were:
1. The Family Assistance Program to replace the Nation's failing
welfare programs with a national system covering all low-
income families with children.
2. Reform of Manpower Training Programs to permit establish-
ment of comprehensive State and local programs oriented to the
needs of their clients; and
3. The redirection of OEO to take greater advantage of its poten-
tial in the area of social program innovation.
WELFARE REFORM
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New Federalist No. 3 135
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136 Johannes Althusius
* Since Johannes Althusius first put pen to paper in June 1970, the Administration has
gone even further in its program for decentralizing policy control in the use of manpower
funds. President Nixon in his 1971 State of the Union Message recommended a "Special
Revenue Sharing" approach in this area, a broad functional area grant to States and
localities for manpower services. Althusius would refer the reader to a descriptive article
on the meaning of special revenue sharing by Richard P. Nathan, "Special Revenue
Sharing: Simple, Neat, and Correct," State Government Administration, July/August,
1971.
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