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THE Federal “Revenue Sharing” program was originally funded for a five-year period. When that period expires at the end of 1976, the program should be shoved in the trash can. It was ill - conceived, has been carried out sloppily, and is anabberration of the notion of responsible government. Every American who says he’s concerned about taxes, both local and federal— and that category must surely include every adult who’s ever given a moment’s thought to the subject—should be urging his Representative and Senators to do away with this extravagant, irresponsible boondoggle.
We know that this attitude is not widely shared by local officials. They think “Revenue Sharing” is just dandy. They get all those wonderful dollars from Washington, with far too few strings attached, and who’s to say how they spend them? Several attempts by this newspaper to obtain a clear picture of how “Revenue Sharing” funds have been used thus far in this area have failed to come up with anything substantial. In far too many instances, these funds have been used for almost trivial projects, at a time when it has become increasingly difficult to obtain funds for truly basic and worthwhile projects, such as upgrading municipal water supplies.
IF THE federal government truly has revenues to “share” with localities, then let it go specifically for things that are really needed, instead of being spent on sidewalks that nobody walks on, easy chairs for town councilman (actually!), on bureaucratic doodads and gimcracks.
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