Posted on 05/17/2020 5:05:01 AM PDT by KeyLargo
Red States Can't Let Blue Ones Go Down Without Sinking Themselves.
Republicans may not want to bail out blue states, but they can’t afford to let them go under. Nicole Gelinas Published May. 16, 2020 5:35AM ET
A long-simmering uneasiness between densely populated Democratic states and more sprawling Republican states has turned into open contempt, with national Republicans refusing more aid for cash-strapped states, and local and state Democrats seeing anything less than 100 percent funding as a betrayal.
As New York, New Jersey, Michigan and Illinois, in particular, struggle with the economic consequences of locking down their states to contain COVID-19, some national Republicans are pointing to them as parables of Democratic profligacy with President Trump saying that “all the states that need help, they’re run by Democrats” and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell suggesting at one point that they go bankrupt.
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Blue States Can't Commit Suicide Without Hurting Others - But They Selfishly Persist Because...TDS
Horse-drawn carts!
This would parallel the requirements Congress put on companies and small businesses that receive the PPP loans.
For example, the assistance would be in the form of a loan, converted to a grant when the receiving State passes AND ADHERES TO a balanced budget.
Just a thought.
WHAT A SURPRISE
And from the Daily Beast!
VERY VERY WELL SAID!
Daily Beast pimping socialism nobody listens.
“competent Federal authorities”
What’s that!
CA Gov. Newsom: Federal Government Has ‘Moral’ And ‘Ethical’ Obligation to Financially Support States
Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) said federal lawmakers have a “moral” and “ethical” obligation to provide emergency relief to states amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Partial transcript as follows:
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