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The Federal Government Cannot Bail Out the Blue States

The Federal Government Cannot Bail Out the Blue States
The Capitol in Washington on Dec. 17, 2018. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times
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Battle lines are getting drawn up between the two parties on the next round of “stimulus” for the economy. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer are demanding as much as $1 trillion more in federal money to bail out state budgets. The blue states of California, Illinois, New Jersey, and New York are lining up to be first at the trough. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said there should be “no blue state bailout,” and he is right.

Stephen Moore
Stephen Moore
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Stephen Moore is a senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation, chief economist at FreedomWorks, and co-founder of the Committee to Unleash Prosperity. He served as a senior economic adviser to Donald Trump. His latest book is “Govzilla: How the Relentless Growth of Government Is Impoverishing America.”
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