由于资金枯竭，联邦项目以高价承包给市场上的私有企业，所以只有最富裕、政治上最重要的州和社区才能成功地获得用于交换服务的稀缺的联邦拨款。
As money dried up and federal programs were contracted out to private firms at higher rates, only the richest and politically most important states and communities could compete successfully for the scarce federal grants necessary to pay for services.