Trump and McConnell are using the pandemic to attack blue states. In fact, blue states pay more in taxes than they get back. Also, Trump is using the PPP to help swing states important for his reelection chances.
The context for the debate over "bailing out" states hard hit by coronavirus: how much states get for each dollar they give to the federal government. https://t.co/lE8PGu5S9A pic.twitter.com/6DQGc7VEyr
— Philip Bump (@pbump) April 28, 2020
The @WhiteHouse is skewing #COVID19 related resources and funds on a per capitalist basis to 8 election swing states. NYS, the epicenter, has received less per capitalist aid than swing states OH, FL, WI, MN, PA — even less than Alaska. This is pure politics, ugly. https://t.co/JrMlamdaJL
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) May 10, 2020
Blue state bailout? According to Friday jobs report, the state with highest % of workers seeking unemployment aid is … Kentucky https://t.co/s1efK8wcBf pic.twitter.com/HuraDD0EwO
— David Frum (@davidfrum) May 10, 2020
I don't know who needs to hear this, but telling states they need to end sanctuary cities in order to receive life-saving supplies for their constituents is the same kind of quid pro quo that Trump tried to extort from Ukraine. https://t.co/pMXaYC27YM
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) May 5, 2020
McConnell knows the "wealthiest and most productive states are overwhelmingly blue.."
— Ari Melber (@AriMelber) May 2, 2020
11 of the 15 states "least reliant on federal transfer are led by" Dems
11 of the 15 states "most reliant on federal transfers are led by" Republicans
– @davidfrum:https://t.co/mVIicO103X
NY's Covid death toll is 8X that of 9/11 & Trump is taunting them for not getting more federal aid. https://t.co/JXpDPPNl6R
— Jesse Lehrich (@JesseLehrich) May 1, 2020
Trump on funds for "Democrat states". "If we do that we're going to have to get something for it." pic.twitter.com/Yd0dnvXXV4
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) April 30, 2020
Trump and McConnell have cited structural issues in state budgets to cast doubt on giving them federal relief. But Pelosi‘s call is specific to coronavirus-induced spending and lost revenue.
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) April 30, 2020
6 of the 10 states with the biggest budget shortfalls voted for Trump in 2016, including the swing states of Florida and Michigan https://t.co/1e5CwNM83J
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) April 30, 2020
At some point, it may occur to Mitch McConnell that, if huge numbers of Kentucky cops and teachers are all laid off because of Republicans refusing to provide aid to states, all of those laid off workers and their families will be more inclined to vote for Amy McGrath. https://t.co/xbRwfRzPbL
— Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) April 30, 2020
A) lots of Red states need help too
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) April 30, 2020
B) Conditioning taxpayer aid based on the party of the Governor is definitely an abuse of power https://t.co/guEurufWsn
File under stories that it's insane anyone even had to write, given that state economies are being crashed by A VIRUS. https://t.co/bOQmowpf0t
— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) April 29, 2020
Donald Trump just said he's considering withholding #COVID19 financial assistance from blue states unless they agree to do away with sanctuary cities.
— Kendall Brown (@kendallybrown) April 28, 2020
This man is a monster. #TrumpPressBriefing
"a 2017 Associated Press analysis noted that “High-tax, traditionally Democratic states (blue), subsidize low-tax, traditionally Republican states (red) — in a big way.” Republicans, Who Do You Think Is Bailing Out Your State? https://t.co/Twc7fdaFJG
— Manohla Darkness (@ManohlaDargis) April 28, 2020
FACT (please RETWEET to counter Trump administration propaganda): "blue" states *subsidize* "red" states. We've been doing it for many years and without complaint. Trump's claim that blue states are takers and red states givers *can't be allowed to stand*. https://t.co/2sm3Je7qfZ
— Seth Abramson (@🏠) (@SethAbramson) April 27, 2020
Rick Scott says Florida lives within its means so why should they have to bail California out. Senator, California runs the biggest budget surplus in the country. And your state is going to need a bailout. Get some facts and if you don't want the bail out don't take it.
— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) April 28, 2020
Florida gets about $3,000 more per resident each year from the federal government than it puts in, for over $60 billion each year https://t.co/fdczYw1hZw
— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) April 27, 2020
Context on state dependency and "bailouts," based on the ratio of federal giving to taking.
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) April 27, 2020
Three of the four most dependent states are red states: KY MS WV (the exception is NM).
The four least dependent states are blue states: CT NJ MA NY.
Source: https://t.co/frWDvCixMK https://t.co/RcID14Li4f
If Trump and Scott don't want to help New York's budget problem, maybe the state could figure out a way to capture the $22 billion it sent to the federal government from 2015 to 2018 in excess of what it received. https://t.co/yYaxDRUrwR
— Philip Bump (@pbump) April 27, 2020
McConnell says there will “probably” be another state and local funding bill – and says on Fox radio that he “wasn’t say they had to take bankruptcy” but floated it as “an option.” He says he was raising concerns about state and local aid covering “age-old” budget problems
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) April 27, 2020
Sad! 