President Trump joins US Senate majority headset McConnell in signalling that they do NOT want to return taxpayer money to help financially strapped ‘Blue’ States…
The same state’s they screwed previously in the 2017 tax bill/giveaway…
Governor’s from both parties states are not happy with this…
This does NOT seem like a good way to get votes come November…
President Trump on Monday questioned why the federal government should provide financial relief to states facing budgetary strains due to the coronavirus pandemic, portraying it as a partisan issue in states with Democratic governors.
It’s a signal Trump may be turning away from supporting funding for cash-strapped states in a new coronavirus relief bill, though the president has sent conflicting signals on the issue already.
“Why should the people and taxpayers of America be bailing out poorly run states (like Illinois, as example) and cities, in all cases Democrat run and managed, when most of the other states are not looking for bailout help?” Trump tweeted. “I am open to discussing anything, but just asking?”
Trump tweeted last week that he hoped future coronavirus legislation would include “fiscal relief to State/Local governments for lost revenues from COVID 19.”
But after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) floated the idea of allowing states to go bankrupt rather than sending federal money to them, Trump said his administration was looking into the idea.
“I’ve been talking to a lot of the different senators, but I don’t want to talk about it now,” Trump said Thursday. “That was a very interesting presentation.”
Governors in both parties have panned McConnell’s comments….
Note…
Los Angles and New York City mayors are asking for money to help them with the cost they have had from dealing with the virus…Governor’s and other officials of both parties expect to have big holes in their budget’s, that could force them to lay off even more people then. are already jobless from the virus shutdowns…
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