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Richard Nixon: “I believe the time has come to further reform our system of providing financial assistance, and to streamline, where we…”

On the recordMarch 1, 1971
I believe the time has come to further reform our system of providing financial assistance, and to streamline, where we can, the system of grant aid by adopting a system of Special Revenue Sharing which provides the benefits of Federal assistance without the burdens of assistance built into the present grant programs.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Special Message to the Congress on Special Revenue Sharing for Law Enforcement.

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