https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/11/24/a-cure-for-the-blue-state-fiscal-blues/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 12:16:00 -0400<![CDATA[Over time he noticed that the imbalance never changed, regardless of which party was in the White House or controlled Congress. So in one of his final studies, Moynihan suggested that maybe the country needed to pursue a different approach, which he termed a ‘new federalism.&#8217; It was time, he argued, to pare the national government&#8217;s functions back to those things it could do better than individual states, such as national defense. Then Washington could cut federal taxes significantly with the money it saved and leave that money back in the states, where each state could then decide which model of government it would follow: a low-tax, basic services model, or a high tax, high services approach.]]>Sat, 24 Nov 2012 15:05:22 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/11/24/a-cure-for-the-blue-state-fiscal-blues-n97740