Pitch perfect - from Lansing, Michigan station WILX:
Gov. Whitmer asks Washington to help state's budget
Governor Gretchen Whitmer held a press conference Thursday afternoon to provide an update on the state's continued response to COVID-19.
The governor said she's worked with her administration to protect Michigan residents from the health and economic crises as a result of the coronavirus.
During her press conference, the governor listed the amount of money the state has spent in fighting COVID-19. She said the state has more than $436 million fighting COVID-19 in the past 10 weeks, which is money the state wasn't planning on spending when the budget was set a year ago, on top of the $3 billion the state has already lost in tax revenue.
The governor said there is no way to cut spending enough to fill the estimated $6 billion hole over the next two years. She called on the federal government to come together to help Michigan and other states facing budget challenges. Under the current federal cares act, states can't use federal aid money to pay for things that were in the budget before the pandemic started.
Has half-Whit never heard of saving for a rainy day? Crap like this pandemic (whether manufactured or not) will always happen. You should not spend every dollar that comes in from your tax base. Piss poor management on her part.
As for lost tax revenue, she was the one who enforced a total lockdown. Tell me again why the rest of us need to pay for your failure?
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