Budget and finance

Cheyanne Bazemore
How does American federalism
distribute, share, and limit power and
responsibility of budgets and finances?

 “Federalism is the system of government in which power

is divided between a central government and regional
governments; in the United States, both the national
government and the state governments possess a large
measure of sovereignty.”(Federalism and the separation of
powers, author unknown) this is the definition of federalism. The
power is dived between in the united states case national
government and state government. The government is mainly
controlled by the state's government, the only time the national
government has control is when it is needed as it says here, “In
addition to the expressed powers of the national
government, the “necessary and proper” clause provided an
avenue for expansion into the realm of “implied
powers.”(Federalism and the separation of powers, author
unknown).
 The first image on the top shows how the states come by
their money, how much of it is general, other and federal
funds. The second picture is how much money the state and
national government spend per year. The last picture is how
the states use their money.
Chart

Award Type Amount Count

Direct Payments $95.9B 29,170
Grants $11.4B 5,366
Contracts $7.9B 56,287
Other Financial Assistance $1.1B 8,619
Loans -$80.8M 14,798

This is a chart to show how south Carolina received money. There is more
information on this topic and what money was sent to what counties. As well as
how the money was spent at this website. (
https://www.usaspending.gov/state/south-carolina/latest)
sources

 Federalism and the separation of powers. Chapter 3: Federalism and the

Separation of Powers | American Government, Brief 12e: W. W. Norton
StudySpace. (n.d.). https://wwnorton.com/college/polisci/american-
government12/brief/ch/03/outline.aspx
 Boosted to levels designed to eliminate the previous waitlist for ... (n.d.).
https://nhfpi.org/assets/2020/09/Issue-Brief-The-State-Budget-for-Fiscal-
Years-2020-and-2021-.pdf