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Rappk. Share of
Fed. Grants Small
Compared with other communities across the country, how well is Rappahannock Countv faring under the Federal grants-in-aid programs? What portion of the $19.6 billion distributed last year by Washington went to the local area? On the basis of a state-by-state study made by the Tax Foundation, a non-profit organization that serves as a watchdog on the spending of public funds, Rappahannock County’s share was relatively small. The grants for local purposes during the past fiscal year came to an estimated $273,000.
Total grants throughout the State of Virginia as a whole amounted to $370,000,000, it shows. Included were funds foi frrban renewal, school and hospital construction, roads public health, education and many other needs.
The figures relate only to Federal grants to states and localities and do not include other kinds of government spending, for goods and services, in local areas. Not included, either, are the matching funds that must be put up in connection with many of the grants.
As to the cost of these benefits, they are paid for out of Federal Income and excise taxes that are allocated to the aid programs.
According to a breakdown of the Tax Foundation’s figures, Rappahannock County’s contribution to the programs was approximately $287,000. Statewide, it was $388,000,000.
In no area of the country, except Nebraska, did the grants and the costs balance out equally.
The differences are due to the fact that some communities have more pressing problems and are in greater need of funds for public works than are others. The awards are made from that
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