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Why are expenditures such as crime prevention and education typically done at the state and local level rather than at the federal level?

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Because of federalism under the reserved powers clause; anything not stated as a responsibility of the federal government by the constitution (enumerated powers) is basically a power of the states/local government- the 10th amendment.
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