Bailing out states under the guise of ‘coronavirus aid’ subsidizes their excesses

Published December 15, 2020 12:00pm ET



The screaming from over on the Left is that states and cities need to be bailed out. The correct response is to say no and to let them stew in their own juices.

The point of a federal democracy is that a person can vote in local policies as he or she wishes, but he or she also has to pay for those policies. The locals have to pay for them, not everyone else. The locals voted for them, not everyone else.

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