ts. The local government would then have to build major projects such as railroad systems, and sewage treatment plants. All of these projects were the idea of the national government. This shows how the national level worked through the local government to get what they wanted done.

The first block program was put in place in the 1960's. Since then many categorical grants have been merged into block grants. This was shown in 1981 when President Reagan merged fifty-seven categorical grants in aid programs in to nine block grants. The block grants were also easy to put into practice due to the regulations being short and easy to fill out. By having easier regulations to follow people at the state and local level found themselves with less paperwork to fill out. The major advantage to the block grant was that it allowed state

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