Ah, if that were the case....States, just like the Financial industry and the Auto industry are asking, and will receive massive handouts....we now know that the Federal government is dictating every move they make, ie how they get from one place to another, what kind of ads they can run, what they pay their employees, and even what types of products they make and sell. Now tell me, what do you think will happen as soon as the first state takes a dollar under the new bill? Yes, total Federal control of state, county and local spending. These guys need to STOP and we need to demand it.
You hit the nail on the head. The states fold to bribes and *allow* federal control. “If you want money for X, you’ll agree to Y.”
Take the money to improve your college campus and you’re now bound to the rules which came with the money.
If the state balks at the rule or restriction, the Fed can simply say, “you agreed to Y by accepting the money.”
I can very much see a state being asked to pay back all the bribe money if they later reject the attached rule.
Greedy whores.
“These guys need to STOP and we need to demand it.”
Absolutely. Insolvency needs to be followed by bankruptcy, whether it be a state, an auto company, or a bank.
The creation of zombie companies that are insolvent but still in business because of government support is the real problem - not that government tells these companies how much to pay the zombie company executives.