Maxdeath
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California especially has been irresponsible. They decided to fund massive pension plans that already had them in Trillion dollar deficits. They never asked the federal government for guidelines when they set those up.Overspending is not a partisan thing. It is a political thing, and at the level of government where it is possible to "print money," it is uncontrollable. Politicians who perceive that they can curry favor with voters by spending THEIR money will do so. Period. Democrats are worse, but Republicans not much better.
There is no discretion in the decision to spend massive amounts of money to try to save this economy. It is imperative. The questions are mainly about how to distribute the money that is seeding the economy, and those questions have partisan answers.
I don't know whether it is ignorance or vileness that causes the bizarre sniping about Our Beloved President's supposed self-dealing here. HIS BUSINESSES ARE SUFFERING. His personal net worth is dropping by millions of dollars per month - probably tens of millions. And NOTHING that is done will bring them back to "normal" in his lifetime. What the fuck do you want?
As for the Feds bailing out the states? Have Leftists lost all touch with Constitutional reality? The Feds are NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FINANCIAL WELLBEING OF THE STATES. Period. They are required by law and by their own Constitutions to run a balanced budget, and to take care of themselves. And who could fail to note that it is the DEMOCRAT-CONTROLLED STATES that are the most financially fucked up?
I would go to war before accepting a Federal bailout of California. Or Illinois. Or New York, Massachusetts, Maryland, or Washington state. Fuck you all, very much.
In defiance of federal laws they set themselves up as a sanctuary state. Giving aide and help to illegal immigrants.
They were in dire straights and they knew it as could be seen by the idea to try and tax texts.
When they issued the stay home order it dropped their taxation. This put an even greater strain on their failing state.
One could list the same for almost every one of the states you listed.