Democrats Spent Years Running Their Cities’ Budgets Into The Red. Now That Tab Is Finally Coming Due

[jknowgood]

The facts show that it isn't.

Yes, the Democrats want you on welfare, the way you post. They are successful.

 

[my2¢]

I'd move to any of those Democrat cities before moving to a vast number of Republican counties. Take McDowell County, WV. It has a 32.6% poverty rate, a high crime rate and which Trump received 79.4% of the vote last November.

 

[Woodznutz]

Democrats Spent Years Running Their Cities’ Budgets Into The Red. Now That Tab Is Finally Coming Due​

Tab Finally Comes Due For Cities That Have Been Plagued With 'Infamously Bad' Democrat Budgets

City officials in Chicago and Los Angeles are currently grappling with large budget shortfalls.

dailycaller.com

24 Apr 2025 ~~ By Ireland Owens

Several major blue cities in the U.S. have been marred by a slate of massive budgetary problems in recent years.
City officials in Chicago and Los Angeles are currently grappling with how to address substantial budget shortfalls. Meanwhile, Philadelphia is struggling with various financial issues across several sectors, with both its school district and the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), the city’s public transit system, facing massive budget deficits.
Chicago is facing a projected budget gap of nearly $1.2 billion for fiscal year 2026. The city’s budget deficit has largely been exacerbated by soaring pension costs, declining state revenue and rising personnel costs.
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According to a December 2024 report from the Reason Foundation, a libertarian think tank.
“When a city is in financial jeopardy, the state usually plays a role in helping out in the long term,” Sharkey told the DCNF. “But, unfortunately for Chicago, Illinois is broke too. A lot of it has to do with our [Illinois’] pension spending.”
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Democratic Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass during a State of the City address on Monday proposed laying off more than 1,600 government workers to close her city’s growing budget gap. The city’s budget crisis has notably been worsened by costly litigation, wildfire relief expenses and large pay raises for city employees.
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The School District of Philadelphia is facing a projected budget deficit of roughly $300 million for fiscal year 2026, WHYY reported. The school district is planning to use 40% of its reserve fund to cover the budget shortfall, according to the outlet.
The district’s budget gap has largely been exacerbated by decades of underfunding and rising costs, such as expenses related to charter school payments and employee salaries.

Commentary:
Blue Plantation Sanctuary Cities with corrupt administrations, lawlessness, high crime and now on the brink of bankruptcy?
Who woulda thunk it?
Each of the cities run into the ground by Democrats for decades.... Why anyone in the "right mind" votes for these country, state and city wreckers is a mystery.
Thankfully, Trump was elected in November, had Harris and her co-conspirators cheated their way to a win, billions of federal bailout money would now be flowing to those corrupt and incompetent Democrat cities puttin American citizens further into debt.
To solve these cities problems is not rocket science. Responsible people do it everyday. "Do not spend money you don't have". If you over-promised pensions, benefits and salaries that's your problem and so called reparations. They MUST be cut regardless of a "promise".
Unfortunately, politicians appear to care very very little about future generations obligations for our selfishness. It's all about me seems to be the current thinking. Zero virtue or morality.

My uber-liberal city is reducing the speed limit on residential streets from 25mph to 20mph, although there is no compelling reason to do so. This after a decade long project to build 25mph speed bumps on many of those streets. All those speed bumps will have to be rebuilt for 20mph.

Our lakes, the crown jewel of our city, are a mess thanks to the iron grip of the DNR and University Science Departments. The city (Mayor) has never advocated for clean lakes but yields to the self-serving expertise of those agencies.

 

[Hafar1014]

Republicans live in those cities, and Republicans sit on these city councils.

Spare us the dailycaller garbage. We have a red feeder government fuckingup the entire nation. From 2016-2020 we had a red president, he fucked up the entire nation. From 2000-2008, we had a red president, he fucked up the entire nation. So try something else, like republicans taking responsibility for their massive fails.

False they are one party rule by democrats who are now running a socialist in NY

 

[22lcidw]

Cities are affected by state government policies.

Any type of employee making salary and benefits in any jurisdiction that the government at the state and federal levels have to help to fund is a major reason.

 

[initforme]

Blaming city workers is lame at best.

 

[Concerned American]

I'd move to any of those Democrat cities before moving to a vast number of Republican counties. Take McDowell County, WV. It has a 32.6% poverty rate, a high crime rate and which Trump received 79.4% of the vote last November.

And then you have S. Chicago, E. Palo Alto, CA, Compton, CA, E. LA, Oakland, CA and Washington D.C. Funny how you conveniently didn't mention those.

 

[Monoculturalist]

I'd move to any of those Democrat cities before moving to a vast number of Republican counties. Take McDowell County, WV. It has a 32.6% poverty rate, a high crime rate and which Trump received 79.4% of the vote last November.

And yet, a lot of the nicest suburban counties outside of many major cities are staunchly Republican as well.

 

[Concerned American]

And yet, a lot of the nicest suburban counties outside of many major cities are staunchly Republican as well.

Bingo, most of CA counties are red. Too bad the population centers are cockamamie blue.

 

[Doc7505]

Republicans live in those cities, and Republicans sit on these city councils.

Spare us the dailycaller garbage. We have a red feeder government fuckingup the entire nation. From 2016-2020 we had a red president, he fucked up the entire nation. From 2000-2008, we had a red president, he fucked up the entire nation. So try something else, like republicans taking responsibility for their massive fails.

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As of now, there are no Republican members on the Chicago City Council; all 50 alderpersons are affiliated with the Democratic Party or are nonpartisan.
The New York has 51 members from 51 council districts throughout the five boroughs with 6 Republicans 45 Democrats.
There are no Republicans on the Minneapolis City Council; all members are affiliated with the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL) or the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)
There is currently one Republican on the Los Angeles City Council. The council is predominantly made up of Democrats, with 14 out of 15 members belonging to that party.
There are no Republicans on the St. Louis Board of Aldermen; all 14 members are nonpartisan, with a Democratic majority. The current President of the Board is Megan Green, a Democrat.
There are no Republicans on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, which acts as the city council. The city has a strong Democratic majority in its local government.

Thought a little research could blow your statement out of the water and It sure did.