Richard Nixon actually said...

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.

Context

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

03/01/1971

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