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No. This is not acceptable. State and local governments are struggling, because:
1. (In a nutshell), They’ve had to spend more because of COVID.
2. Uncertainty on whether future $ is coming will mean state/local governments will have to cut NOW to balance for the future. https://twitter.com/cnnbrk/status/1338163729775652872
1. (In a nutshell), They’ve had to spend more because of COVID.
2. Uncertainty on whether future $ is coming will mean state/local governments will have to cut NOW to balance for the future. https://twitter.com/cnnbrk/status/1338163729775652872
In other words, this isn’t going to be a one-time situation for state/local. This is going to be a domino effect that’s going to be felt across many years.
3. Know who no $ directly impacts? Firefighters. Teachers. Essential workers. Because their $ is decided by local budgets.
3. Know who no $ directly impacts? Firefighters. Teachers. Essential workers. Because their $ is decided by local budgets.
In other words, the very people who are doing the work holding government together right now + keeping others safe, might experience pay freezes, pay cuts, and even lay-offs, because there is no money coming in.
This is a solid read: https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/how-coronavirus-will-harm-state-and-city-budgets
This is a solid read: https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/how-coronavirus-will-harm-state-and-city-budgets
This is WHY (and in a nutshell again), the original Heroes Act as passed in May, had $1 trillion for state and local relief. https://taxfoundation.org/heroes-act-state-local-aid/
And here’s another breakdown here (from more of a cyber security perspective): https://statescoop.com/revised-pandemic-relief-bill-state-local-budgets/
3. It also really has to be stressed: state and local governments are taking on the bulk of the work when it comes to distributing the first wave of the vaccine right now.
What does that mean? More $ to spend, from already depleted funds. https://www.wsj.com/articles/getting-covid-vaccines-to-people-will-cost-states-billions-they-dont-have-11607855400
What does that mean? More $ to spend, from already depleted funds. https://www.wsj.com/articles/getting-covid-vaccines-to-people-will-cost-states-billions-they-dont-have-11607855400
I’m sure part of the calculus is the urgent recognition that 12/26 and 12/31 are when unemployment + the eviction moratorium expire respectively.
But it really shouldn’t be an either/or situation, with the assumption state/local negotiations can happen later.
But it really shouldn’t be an either/or situation, with the assumption state/local negotiations can happen later.
Given how long it’s take to get from the Heroes Act to this point, it’s pretty clear that the GOP aren’t going to go back to the table any time soon.
And in the meantime, there will be more uncertainty, more potential for layoffs, more economic chaos.
And in the meantime, there will be more uncertainty, more potential for layoffs, more economic chaos.
All of this is my really long-winded way of saying: Please call/email your *Dem* today, and tell we can’t give in on state/local. They have to hold the line on ALL:
- Unemployment
- The moratorium
- State/local, etc.
Basically, what was in the Heroes Act in the first place.
- Unemployment
- The moratorium
- State/local, etc.
Basically, what was in the Heroes Act in the first place.
But also: if you have GOP Senators?
Remind them that they should have passed the damn Heroes Act in the first place, after it passed the House. It shouldn’t have come down to 11th hour negotiations AGAIN.
They abandoned their duties, pure and simple.
Remind them that they should have passed the damn Heroes Act in the first place, after it passed the House. It shouldn’t have come down to 11th hour negotiations AGAIN.
They abandoned their duties, pure and simple.
