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To: JohnM who wrote (456418)	10/29/2020 1:32:33 PM
From: koan	Respond to of 541778

I keep wondering about this. The southern and rural states don't tax very highly and don't have a lot of money sitting around. And many did not even expand Medicaid. Which seems really stupid to me. Besides being cruel. But now they are having a huge upsurge in cases and it must be costing them a bundle. And yet the Republicans don't want to fund the states in a stimulus package. How do their governors feel about this I wonder? They are surely in big trouble financially!? <, States Face Biggest Cash Crisis Since Great Depression Political Wireby Taegan Goddard Wall Street Journal: “Nationwide, the U.S. state budget shortfall from 2020 through 2022 could amount to about $434 billion, according to data from Moody’s Analytics, the economic analysis arm of Moody’s Corp. The estimates assume no additional fiscal stimulus from Washington, further coronavirus-fueled restrictions on business and travel, and extra costs for Medicaid amid high unemployment.” “That’s greater than the 2019 K-12 education budget for every state combined, or more than twice the amount spent that year on state roads and other transportation infrastructure.” “Deficits have already prompted tax hikes and cuts to education, corrections and parks. State workers are being laid off and are taking pay cuts, and the retirement benefits for police, firefighters, teachers and other government workers are under more pressure.”