Name:   MartiniMan - Subject:   I don't know MM Date:   5/21/2020 11:40:20 AM

No doubt about my political slant, but that doesn't change the facts.  They are independent of party affiliation.  However, what you conclude from them could indeed be different based on your political perspective.  But facts are just that, facts. 

In my opinion, all the state and local governments are hoping for and are getting assistance from the Federal government and rightly so.  Unlike the Feds, they cannot print money.  They have to either tax it or borrow it.  But I do think that there are a number of states and cities that are hoping to use this crisis and the Federal honey pot to alleviate their disastrous budget shortfalls that existed before the pandemic and will exist long after its over.  And those shortfalls are caused by bad political decisionmaking that may help their electoral prospects but at the expense of current and future taxpayers.  And I do believe that it is factually correct that the vast majority of those with the worst budgetary shortalls, particularly with underfunded pension plans, are today and have long been controlled by Democrats.  If someone has facts that show otherwise I am open to seeing them and changing my opinion.