Editor: The Federal government has expanded into areas not authorized by Article I, section 8 of the Constitution, which limits the Federal government's responsibility. Everything else is a state or local government responsibility as outlined by the Tenth Amendment (Bill of Rights). An example of this is the Federal Department of Education.
The national debt and balanced budget crisis
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