arms control not potholes. The growth the growth in these Federal programs has in the words of one intergovernmental commission made the Federal Government more pervasive, more intrusive, more unmanageable, more ineffective and costly, and above all more accountable. Well, let's solve this problem with a single, bold stroke the return of some $47 billion in Federal programs to state and local government, together with the means to finance them and a transition period of nearly 10 years to avoid unnecessary disruption .