States do receive substantial federal funding but it may be less than you think. Total federal grants to state governments represent less than a third of state budgets. Federal highway funds, which are used to coerce states in all the ways we find undesirable, account for only about 10% of total state road budgets. So if we can grow the economy, eliminating the need for a lot of federal funding, then combined with the culture of liberty we will be helping to reinforce, rejecting federal highway funds should be quite possible. Many states have already considered it. After that, there are a variety of negotiation techniques we can use to reduce federal tax burden and obtain control over federal lands.