Doing Business with the United States Federal Government Presented by Keith Berner
The USA
The State of Ohio
Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Government or Governments? As of 1997, there were 87,504 governments in the United States, not counting the federal and 50 state governments.
Levels of Government & Responsibilities "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people." --United States Constitution
Levels of Government & Responsibilities Some of the powers accorded the federal government under the US Constitution: Taxes, defense, general welfare, borrowing, commerce with other nations, coining money, post offices, intellectual property rights, judiciary, war, foreign affairs, interstate commerce
Size of Federal vs. State/Local Markets Total Spending 2002 Federal: $2,212,773,000,000 State & Local: $1,039,700,000,000
Federal Outlays by Data for 2002
Agency 1 Federal Outlays by Agency 2
Federal Spending by State Data for 2001
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