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- ► <br />RESOLUTION NO. 86-14 <br />A RESOLUTION OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY <br />TO THE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION IN <br />SUPPORT OF GENERAL REVENUE SHARING <br />WHEREAS, over the last five years, the federal government <br />has reduced domestic expenditures to state and local governments <br />by 258 while during the same period, overall expenditures have <br />increased by 258; and <br />WHEREAS, the budget proposal currently before Congress <br />proposes another reduction to state and local revenues of $14.5 <br />billion with a proposed defense increase of $16 plus billion; and <br />WHEREAS, the Administration has called for the total <br />elimination of the Federal Financial Assistance Act of 1972 <br />(General Revenue Sharing), the only federal program which assures <br />a domestic partnership with each county in the state and country; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, all past federal domestic reductions have carried <br />the assurance that they were being accomplished for the sake of <br />deficit reduction while, in fact, the dollars were shifted to <br />other expenditure categories in defense and foreign aid; and <br />WHEREAS, at the same time that the federal government <br />reduced domestic spending, defense spending increased and also <br />federal taxes were reduced, thus further increasing the deficit; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners, along with our <br />counterparts from around the country, are seriously concerned <br />about a'maintenance of congressional commitment to the domestic <br />partnership; and <br />WHEREAS, the single best way to maintain that partnership is <br />through the single most efficient mechanism available, that is <br />General Revenue Sharing, and <br />WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners think that <br />deficit reduction is the number one target of the federal <br />government and that reduction of spending will continue to be <br />necessary while revenue increases may also be necessary; and <br />