Surely it ' s not midnight , that ' s highly improbable . <| sep |> Correct . As James Madison said in Federalist Paper # 45 , The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined . Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite . The former will be exercised principally on external objects , as war , peace , negotiation and foreign commerce with which last the power of taxation will , for the most part , be connected . The powers reserved to the several States will extend to all the objects which in the ordinary course of affairs , concern the lives and liberties , and properties of the people , and the internal order , improvement and prosperity of the State . So , PP could be funded by a state gov ' ts if the people of that state chose to fund it . But Military is funded by the Federal gov ' t through federal taxation at the time that was through tariffs .