Fiscal Federalism or Financial Tyranny? Thomas Savidge on the Future of State Sovereignty

Washington controls the states with one tool: money. Research fellow Thomas Savidge of AIER joins Rick Becker to expose how grants, mandates, and debt have turned states into vassals of D.C. Can fiscal reform restore sovereignty—or is national divorce the only way out?fiscal federalism, national debt crisis, federal overreach, state sovereignty, decentralization, national divorce, secession, grants-in-aid, AIER, Thomas Savidge, Rick Becker, WDF podcast, CBDC, fiscal reform, polarization, U.S. debt, nullification, balanced budget amendment