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2020-05-18 Economy

Gov. Newsom Says Congress Has a 'Moral' and 'Ethical' Obligation to Bail Out States

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Posted by Besoeker 2020-05-18 06:27|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 You sign contracts without the others consent and then claim they're responsible for your obligation.

It's not a question of moral or ethical obligation, though I'm amused you use the words you have no understanding of.

It's a question of law. In this case the Constitution.

"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction" - 13th Amendment

We are not your slaves to keep your plantation running or obligated for your debt.

Posted by Procopius2k 2020-05-18 07:20|| 2020-05-18 07:20|| Front Page Top

#2 Wrong.

Posted by Dacama 2020-05-18 07:31|| 2020-05-18 07:31|| Front Page Top

#3 Say it this way: Taxpayers of all the other states need to bail out the voters of California for voting in the government they did.

Posted by Dacama 2020-05-18 07:33|| 2020-05-18 07:33|| Front Page Top

#4 We're not responsible for the bad decisions that led to bankruptcy by our neighbor(s).

Posted by JohnQC 2020-05-18 09:31|| 2020-05-18 09:31|| Front Page Top

#5 Newsom must be a socialist. He should move to Venezuela.

Posted by gorb 2020-05-18 09:45|| 2020-05-18 09:45|| Front Page Top

#6 I'll hear the governor out if he first goes door-to-door in Malibu. And any payment has to be made using these.

Posted by Matt 2020-05-18 10:23|| 2020-05-18 10:23|| Front Page Top

#7 Newsome doesn't need to move to Venezuela - he's got CA half way there right now. Task should be complete in a couple of months

Posted by Rex Mundi 2020-05-18 10:56|| 2020-05-18 10:56|| Front Page Top

#8 Garnish California pensions till the debt to the nation is repaid. Oh, and until the 4-5 million illegals are deported from California. Problem solved.

Posted by Lex 2020-05-18 11:08|| 2020-05-18 11:08|| Front Page Top

#9 ^ $10 billion freed up each year just from getting rid of the illegals.

Posted by Lex 2020-05-18 11:10|| 2020-05-18 11:10|| Front Page Top

#10 Now, you see, this is every bit as ridiculous as sending ballots to graveyards. We know that Newsom allows homeless freaks to pee and poop on city streets without any masks on their faces. He lets murderous felons out of prisons because he's afraid they'll get coronavirus. He chases good businesses and citizens out of the state with the highest taxes in the country. He squanders billions on illegal aliens. In fact, he has declared the entire state a sanctuary for illegal aliens in violation of federal law and then he wants the feds to bail him out when he spends beyond his means? To Bee or not to Bee...

Posted by Abu Uluque 2020-05-18 12:24|| 2020-05-18 12:24|| Front Page Top

#11 Go bankrupt so cease being a state. Get re-admitted as 3 to 5 states.

Posted by 3dc 2020-05-18 12:26|| 2020-05-18 12:26|| Front Page Top

#12 No they don't. Just like the taxpayers are morally obligated to give their money to a state that can't run their finances.

Go broke, become a territory and we'll admit you back in 2-3 pieces after you prove you can be an adult.

Posted by DarthVader 2020-05-18 12:46|| 2020-05-18 12:46|| Front Page Top

#13 Gov. Nonsense is absolutely sick in the head. And the Feds/IRS are 100% correct in disallowing state taxes as a write-off...just enables these high-tax states to just keep on keeping on with taxes...if their residents can write 'em off on their federal taxes, no sweat off of our backs.

Meanwhile, there are ZERO moral & ethical obligations for Congress to bail out anybody (including Boeing, e.g.), and especially these 'tarded states.

Posted by Clem 2020-05-18 14:09|| 2020-05-18 14:09|| Front Page Top

#14 GFY, Gavin.

Posted by Dave D. 2020-05-18 14:27|| 2020-05-18 14:27|| Front Page Top

#15 I'll agree to a Federal bail out a state if the current and last 5 Governors (and whomever votes on that state's budgets) submit to lifetime imprisonment.

Posted by ruprecht 2020-05-18 14:34|| 2020-05-18 14:34|| Front Page Top

#16 Shut your gob and fix your state, scumbag.

Posted by newc 2020-05-18 16:55|| 2020-05-18 16:55|| Front Page Top

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