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The federal government spends mostly on SS, Medicare/Medicaid, and military. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:U.S._Federal_Spending_-_FY_2011.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:U.S._Federal_Spending_-_F... Presumably if the fed wasn't paying for social security and medicare/medicaid, your state would have to, or you'd have bands of sick and elderly wandering the streets like so many zombies. If the fed wasn't paying for the military, I guess your state could also do this, lest the Brits march in and put us all under the rule of the king again.