Don’t bail out cities. Reopen them

Published June 14, 2020 4:00am ET



House Democratic leadership’s recent $3 trillion “coronavirus relief” bill is a bailout in disguise. Not only does it fail to provide for America’s health and economic recovery, but it also would spend nearly $1 trillion rescuing states and cities from their past mismanagement. That would be a slap in the face to responsible states such as Utah while holding back the economic recovery.

Misleadingly named the HEROES Act, the bill would give $500 billion in unrestricted funds to state governments and $375 billion to cities.

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