Unjerked E27 Local Vs National Politics Part 2

William Henderson and B. McGraw talk about local vs national politics.  This is Part 2 of 2 episodes.

We first discuss comparisons in spending patterns and budgets between local, state, and federal governments. These include discussions around public housing spending, social insurance, law enforcement, national security, and more. Then we discuss the different tax structures at the local and national level. This includes the higher amount of revenue coming from payroll and income tax at the federal level, compared to more revenue from property and sales taxes at the local level. After this, we discuss some of the reasons behind the lack of interest in local news. This includes a drop in local news, lack of interest in less salient local issues, the transient nature of young people, and more.

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2:31 Local vs federal incarceration

4:53 Public housing spending

5:43 Social insurance

6:21 Law enforcement

8:45 National security budget

11:07 Fiscal responsibility of federal vs local

13:36 Taxes (2) (3)

19:46 Federal transfers (2)

21:00 Drop in local news

25:00 Local politics is not interesting

25:53 Transience of younger people (2)

28:50 Accelerationist argument

32:40 Supremacy clause in practice

36:23 Social issues at the national vs local level