And yet there also is the danger that federal authorities will assign responsibilities to state and local governments but not give them the resources they need to carry them out. And even where revenues are otherwise adequate, states have an incentive to spend more on social programs and, pointing to the resulting deficits, ask for additional federal transfers.
但这里也有一个风险，即联邦当局将责任推给州和地方政府，却不给它们承担责任所需要的资源。而即使收入不太充裕的地区，州也有激励将更多支出用于社会项目，然后指着由此产生的赤字要求联邦增加转移支付。