Define unfunded mandates. Why do states find unfunded mandates problematic?

What will be an ideal response?

An ideal response will:
1, Define unfunded mandates.
2, Note that Congress often imposes significant obligations on the states without providing any money enabling the states to comply.
3, Discuss how states dislike being required to do something without being given enough money to accomplish the task.

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A) that the research includes explicit propositions. B) that Freudian techniques have been employed. C) that evolution played an important theoretical role. D) that the research does not include explicit propositions.

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The Federalists finally gained the votes of New York and Virginia for ratification of the Constitution when they promised

A. that James Madison would be the first president. B. the right of states to disobey any national law they didn't like. C. a ban on the slave trade after 1808. D. a bill of rights to be quickly added to the Constitution. E. a Supreme Court with the right of judicial review.

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