# Should Federal Dollars Come with Strings Attached? – with Mitch Daniels & Elena Patel

An episode of [You Might Be Right](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1642334178), 23 Apr 2026, 53 min.

Audio: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/tcQd6Q6C0RUUlOHq1Ytj/mgln.ai/e/51/pdrl.fm/002dc3/traffic.megaphone.fm/TPG2570237200.mp3?updated=1776876967

As billions of federal dollars flow through state budgets, who should decide how that money gets spent? Former IN Governor & OMB Director Mitch Daniels and Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center co-director Elena Patel join Governors Bredesen and Haslam to unpack the balance between federal priorities and state flexibility, and what it means for taxpayers.

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