Blue states begging for budget help

T. A. Gardner

T. A. Gardner

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Remember how the Lefties and Democrats say it's the Red states that get more back from the feds than they put in? Well, it's currently the Blue states facing massive budget crises in the face of prolonged shutdowns they've imposed on themselves that have severely cut their tax base. These states, already massively in debt, now are looking at looming massive budget shortfalls that will cause them to possibly default.
Their solution? Demand the federal government bail them out yet one more time for their fiscal irresponsibility...

It defies all logic, and yet here we are. On Monday, Gov. Kate Brown and four other western governors, all Democrats, leapt even further into the fray, calling on the federal government to provide $1 trillion in aid for local and state governments who’ve been walloped by bad budget news (and, unlike the federal government, have constitutional mandates to balance their budgets—we can’t borrow our way out of this, folks).
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https://www.pdxmonthly.com/news-and...-banding-together-to-ask-for-more-federal-aid

On a conference call

Tuesday of Democratic governors from the Midwest, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers called for a sequel to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act adopted by Congress in March.
“There are workers and families and farmers and small businesses that are going to need our help, and frankly, we can’t do it alone,” he said. “We’re going to need a robust federal support system to help our states and economies recover beyond the federal CARES funds that expire at the end of the year.”
Casey Katims, federal liaison for Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, said the situation there is too dire for the state to wait until President-elect Joe Biden is sworn in Jan. 20.
“We need help by the end of this year,” Katims said.
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https://oklahoman.com/article/5676510/states-plead-for-more-federal-help

...states such as Maryland, California, Michigan, Iowa, Georgia, New York and Illinois have asked Congress for additional funds that they say are critical to stay afloat.
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https://www.npr.org/2020/08/03/8931...-eyeing-massive-cuts-heres-how-yours-is-doing

Seems the states that depend most on federal money aren't actually the Red states, but the Bluest ones...
 
We want back the SOCIALIST funding we give to the red states in our federal tax contribution.

‘Blue State Bailouts’? Some States Send Billions More to Federal Government Than They Get Back

Eight states send far more to the federal government through taxes than they see in annual federal spending.

The biggest givers in our latest report, based on 2018 data, were New York, which paid in US$35 billion more than it received; New Jersey, which paid $21 billion more; Massachusetts, which paid $16 billion more; and Connecticut, which paid $14 billion more than it received.
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Cinnabar said:
We want back the SOCIALIST funding we give to the red states in our federal tax contribution.
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Remember, it is ONLY socialism to a tRumpanzee if it helps someone else. Mainly a minority. If it helps them, it is perfectly acceptable.
 
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Demalquedacrats say blue states are the bestest run and have all the money and the richest people

Why don’t they just tax the rich in their states?

Why should the rest of us pay for their decision to shut down their economies

If Republicans were smart AND had balls they would let these democrat run cities and states go belly up

FUCK EM
 
Considering the FACT that Blue States actually prop up the Red States, that would be pretty stupid. Then again, such is the mentality of your average brain dead trumpanzee.
 
T. A. Gardner said:
Remember how the Lefties and Democrats say it's the Red states that get more back from the feds than they put in? Well, it's currently the Blue states facing massive budget crises in the face of prolonged shutdowns they've imposed on themselves that have severely cut their tax base. These states, already massively in debt, now are looking at looming massive budget shortfalls that will cause them to possibly default.
Their solution? Demand the federal government bail them out yet one more time for their fiscal irresponsibility...



https://www.pdxmonthly.com/news-and...-banding-together-to-ask-for-more-federal-aid

On a conference call



https://oklahoman.com/article/5676510/states-plead-for-more-federal-help



https://www.npr.org/2020/08/03/8931...-eyeing-massive-cuts-heres-how-yours-is-doing

Seems the states that depend most on federal money aren't actually the Red states, but the Bluest ones...
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why don't you learn to read, then try to post, junior? all states are suffering from this pandemic trump let get out of control, not just blue states, you liar. your own sources SAY SO, STUPID. from one article you sourced-

Those drops directly affect state budgets, so NPR asked member station reporters to fill us in on what's going on in nearly every state across the United States. Check out your state here.

With dwindling cash, cuts to education, health care and other areas are inevitable in many places. State leaders have described the situation as "unprecedented," "horrifying" and "devastating." Florida's Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, compared his state's budget cuts to the Red Wedding scene in HBO's Game of Thrones.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, a Republican, said, "Responding to this crisis has created a multiyear budget crisis unlike anything the state has ever faced before, more than three times worse than the Great Recession."
 
Tacomaman said:
Considering the FACT that Blue States actually prop up the Red States, that would be pretty stupid. Then again, such is the mentality of your average brain dead trumpanzee.
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Except that's a canard based on selective statistics rather than a measured analysis of things.

https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/502321-no-blue-states-do-not-bailout-red-states
https://townhall.com/columnists/rac...hat-blue-states-subsidize-red-states-n2568550

The problem for Blue states right now is that they have been run with almost fiscal irresponsibility by their elected Democrats for decades. They run large deficits, and are dependent on high state tax rates to fund bloated governments.

The 10 worst run states in terms of deficit to population are:

Vermont, -$19,000
New York, -$20,500
California, -$21,800
Kentucky, -$25,700
Delaware, -$27,100
Hawaii, -$31,200
Massachusetts, -$31,200
Connecticut, -$51,800
Illinois, -$52,600
New Jersey, -$65,100

I think the only state on that list that isn't solid red and has been for well over 20 + years, is Kentucky

The top 10 states running a surplus are:

Alaska, $74,200
North Dakota, $30,700
Wyoming, $20,800
Utah, $5,300
Idaho, $2,900
Tennessee, $2,800
South Dakota, $2,800
Nebraska, $2,000
Oregon, $1,600
Iowa, $700

Those are all pretty much solid red and have been for as long.

When COIVD hit, the state governments that hit hardest were those with large deficits and running heavily on credit. The shutdowns took away much of their tax base and they had no funds in reserve or a cushion to make those deficits up. They were then looking at defaulting on their debt payments. States running a surplus, breaking even, or having cash in reserve were able to cover the economic downturn and survive it. Those were mostly, if not entirely, red states.

One might also note that the same holds true for the worst and best states in terms of infrastructure. The highest tax blue states have some of the worst public infrastructure in the country. One of the reasons these blue states appear to get less back is because their state level spending is so much higher than in most red states. That dilutes the portion of federal dollars returned.
 
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