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Far worse to come: COVID-19 collapse of state and local governments
The Hill ^ | 12 April 20 | Grady Means

Posted on 04/15/2020 6:34:43 PM PDT by Bruiser 10

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To: kabar
Cuomo wants the federal government to bail the states out by making up the shortfalls in revenue due to the virus.

I say that Trump waits till New York state is on a ventilator until the feds give NY the HCQ money cure for their ills...

41 posted on 04/15/2020 11:46:20 PM PDT by an amused spectator (Mitt Romney, Chuck Schumer's p*ssboy)
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To: Fury

‘There may not be as many choices for students for sports’

this is a terrible shame for the students; what unites and excites students more than a team making a run for the state title...?


42 posted on 04/16/2020 3:17:05 AM PDT by IrishBrigade
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To: IrishBrigade
this is a terrible shame for the students; what unites and excites students more than a team making a run for the state title...?

Agreed, but has to be weighed against the economic realities of school districts which may have high unemployment which means it may be harderfor property owners to pay for large school tax levy increases.

It's not the best situation for kids, but there's new economic realties.

43 posted on 04/16/2020 3:25:56 AM PDT by Fury
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

‘The Democrats and the media are feeding this Fear Monster.’

several on this very website are doing likewise, happily...


44 posted on 04/16/2020 3:26:24 AM PDT by IrishBrigade
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To: IrishBrigade

Our local school district (North Central Louisiana) is about to start whacking the payroll. Tuesday night school board meeting discussion about it.

https://lincolnparishnewsonline.wordpress.com/2020/04/15/school-district-salary-supplements-staffing-levels-under-review/


45 posted on 04/16/2020 3:30:40 AM PDT by abb
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To: wildcard_redneck

>To hell with government workers, their gold plated retirement plans, and guaranteed jobs. It’s about time they felt the pain we suffer.<

Now that is ‘equality’ I could sign on to.


46 posted on 04/16/2020 5:05:05 AM PDT by Bruiser 10 (Will you Boogaloo?)
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To: Bruiser 10

Disaster II: The leftist dream of a federal bailout for the bankrupt blue states.


47 posted on 04/16/2020 5:08:50 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: Bruiser 10

I am a County Supervisor of a County of 220,000. We have 51 cases including 2 deaths. One of the deceased was 77 years old the other was 90. NINETY YEARS OLD. Our County government is doing fine, but it won’t if this is to go on. OPEN THE DAMN COUNTRY. Governor Ducey here in Arizona has been as good as you can possibly be by letting local governments do what they believe is right. OPEN THE DAMN COUNTRY.


48 posted on 04/16/2020 7:43:58 AM PDT by Hildy (Don't get bitter, get better.)
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To: Bruiser 10

The government officials and politicians shutting down their own economies ignored that they were massively reducing the very revenue streams they, the government, needs to exist. Soon the effects of their economic shutdown policies will snowball right through their own offices, engulfing them in it, depressing their economies even further.


49 posted on 04/16/2020 8:06:09 AM PDT by Wuli
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To: an amused spectator

You can bet all the Dem governors want big time bailouts. And then there are the cities. It is going to get ugly. There are going to be devastating shortfalls. State and city income tax revenues will be way down.


50 posted on 04/16/2020 8:52:57 AM PDT by kabar
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To: Voltage

In a referendum passed by voters, FL MUST devote X dollars to buy up lands for “conservation.” It would warm my heart to know that Leftists in government lose their paychecks and benefits in order to comply with that law.


51 posted on 04/16/2020 1:21:53 PM PDT by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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To: raybbr

Michigan and Illinois are similarly burdened. The rest of government could shut down and exist only to fund pensions.


52 posted on 04/16/2020 1:23:44 PM PDT by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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