Border jumpers and a lack of paperwork: People had no official identification in the 1850s which allowed for Missouri residents to come into Kansas to vote on the issue of slavery.
This issue is known as Bleeding Kansas. As slavery was up for a vote in the Kansas territory, people from neighboring MO came across the border to influence votes and to vote themselves. With paperwork easy to forge and nothing official from the government it was easy to vote and move around anywhere. <span />
<span>defense and health care programs </span> Health care programs are known to cost the federal budget over fifty percent of the total, with defense following closely. The federal government has invested heavily in healthcare welfare related projects. <span />