If you can find any state capable of funding the majority of its infrastructure solely through the taxation of its inhabitants and without accepting federal money then you might have a point. The fact of the matter is that so long as a person is subject to federal taxes then states must take federal money. This money for the most part isn't a "handout" but simply the government giving back to the state what the federal government already took less their administrative fees.

Nobody prusues it because congress knew the clause was a joke when they made it a part of the law. I can not find one instance where perjury charges have been brought against false and/or purely malicious DMCA take-down notices. The reason being is that the DCMA being a federal law, your local/state DA doesn't care, and good luck getting the feds to ever go after corporate corruption, unless they aren't paying their taxes.