Because they all over spent, long before Covid.
Look I’m all for fiscal responsibility and having a safety net to fall back on. I believe all people, businesses, and governments should do that if they have the means to (businesses and governments should automatically have the means to)
but it’s one thing to say “they all overspent” and another to say “democratic states deserve no money because they overspent and it’s all their fault pre covid“ - when republican states are in the exact same position.
also if we are bailing out companies like Tesla and amazon then I think the federal government needs to get their spending priorities in order first andforemost. States should have been more important than that.. unless Of course the point of the stimulus was never to actually address the struggles covid was causing in this country and instead and excuse to award cronies and donors with a slush fund
Also if revenue dropped 20% then expenses need to drop 20% that’s just common sense. But now people are bitching they are cutting those expenses but not offering an alternative or actively voting against it. I have zero problem with that entire 20% being taken from police, prisons and corporate tax incentives personally. I’d rather that then a federal bailout.