The citizens of the “failed States” (NY, CA, NJ, MI,) need to be told the American taxpayer isn’t going to pay their bills anymore. They need to be told “get your finances in order” or SINK.
California is the worst offender. California is the most wasteful and the most irresponsible State. It’s debt (20 Billion and rising) is the largest. Nancy sure would like to write them a check, wouldn’t she? (at our expense!)
While I agree with you that States should have their fiscal houses in order, most of the States you listed have long been paying MORE revenue to the Feds than they receive, particularly NJ, NY, and CA. It is States like Montana and the Dakotas, States whose resource industries have been destroyed by Federal regulations, that subsist off Federal transfer payments.