The policy being described is known as New Federalism.
This political ideology implemented by Richard Nixon was developed with the goal of giving states back more power. Nixon felt that the federal government had become too large in scope thanks to policies like the New Deal during the 1930's. In order to change this cycle, Nixon implemented this new federalism idea so that states can have more control over funds that would be used towards solving social issues.
<span>The Founding Fathers believed it was important to have a strong central government for various economic, political and military reasons so that the new states could function together as a single nation.</span>
