Should States Receive Bailout Money from the Federal Government?

[malaise]

That's the question on Washington Journal this morning.

Anything is better than Joe Scum these days.

[malaise]

1. Ed Shultz coming up at 7.45am on CSpan1 n/t

[Motown_Johnny]

2. Bail Out?!?! Hell, this is all the Federal Government's fault anyways.

Shrub cut funding to the states because, in his opinion, the states could handle things better. This just helped him hide the enormity of his true deficit. All these state deficits are his fault too.

Federal taxes should be raised and some of that money should be shared with the states. I don't consider that a bail out.

Leaving it all to the states just creates a second version of a "race to the bottom" that we have also begun with free trade. They need to keep cutting state taxes and regulations just to attract businesses so their citizens can be employed. Then the neighboring state does the same thing plus a little bit more so the first state must lower it's standards once again.


We are in decline as a nation because we have engaged in a race to the bottom. What do people expect from racing to the bottom, other than decline?

[malaise]

3. A caller is saying just that right now

[malaise]

4. Ed is really making all the important points

Go Ed

[mmonk]

5. No, they should receive money as it has always been.

[badtoworse]

6. No. The federal government doesn't have enough for its own needs.

[RC]

8. Actually it does.

It is misappropriating it through the various wars, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Pot, American citizens...

[badtoworse]

9. Until we have a congress willing to appropriate differently, it has no money.

[zbdent]

7. hey, if you're overwhelmingly "red", why should you get a bailout?

In fact, why are you taking FROM the government far more money than you put in?

(Alaska, if not currently, was THE biggest offender).

[former9thward]

10. Most of Alaska is owned by the federal government.

But I am sure you know that. Alaska residents are not getting money from the federal government. And I am sure you know that

[zbdent]

11. then quit giving the money to the permafrost ...

if it's not going to people ...

[former9thward]

12. Try telling that to the federal goverment

Most of the West is owned by the federal government and they refuse to turn it over to the states or sell it.