Volume 29, Number 7 · April 29, 1982
A Raw Deal
By Felix G. Rohatyn
President Reagan's call for a 'New Federalism' deserves better than automatic praise by Republicans and equally reflexive criticism by Democrats. State-federal relations have been a subject of concern to local officials for years, and a national program to sort out those relationships is overdue. The fact that the administration's program appears to have serious flaws should not detract from the fact that there is a need for change. It does, however, mean that serious, dispassionate examination should be made of the program.
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