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some effort to reduce the pro-cyclicality of the state and local sector,
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which because of balanced budgets
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and less tax collections, spending of all kinds is being cut back.
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I say "almost certainly" because
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there is a bit of a problem in the history of
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fiscal federalism in the United States in that whenever times are good,
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governors cut taxes and whenever times are bad,
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the federal government provides support to respond to the emergency.
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That's not a terribly healthy set of arrangements
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and there was a lot of tax cutting going on in the good times.
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But on balance, I think there are a variety of mechanisms,
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including Medicaid reimbursement, for doing it;