[ April 21, 2026 ]
Before Corona, Govenor Cuomo’s ineptitude resulted in a $6.1 billion budget hole in New York state.
Hardworking Americans should not be forced to mortgage their futures for failed Governors who squandered state coffers on far-left failed policies.
Governor Cuomo should spend more time “doing” and less time “complaining”. Get out there and get the job done. Stop talking! We built you thousands of hospital beds that you didn’t need or use, gave large numbers of Ventilators that you should have had, and helped you with….
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Illinois state lawmakers seek more than $41B in federal coronavirus aid — including $10B pension bailout
Illinois Senate President Don Harmon says the shutdown could undo the progress the cash-strapped state has made in improving its financial footing.
ADVERTISEMENTBy Mitchell Armentrout, Chicago Sun Times,Apr 18, 2020:
Illinois Senate Democrats are asking the federal government for more than $41 billion in federal aid — about a quarter of it for a pension fund bailout — to keep the state financially afloat as the coronavirus pandemic continues to slash revenues across the board.
A letter from Illinois Senate President Don Harmon, addressed to U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, went out Tuesday to Illinois’ entire congressional delegation — a day before Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced the economic shutdown would result in an estimated $2.7 billion revenue shortfall in the state’s current budget.
“I realize I’ve asked for a lot, but this is an unprecedented situation, and we face the reality that there likely will be additional, unanticipated costs that could result in future requests for assistance,” Harmon wrote on behalf of the state senate Democratic caucus.
Harmon’s federal wish list for the second phase of federal coronavirus relief includes $15 billion in block grant funding to shore up the state’s spending plans for this fiscal year and the next two.
The Oak Park Democrat also asked for $10 billion for the state’s desperately underfunded pension plans.
The Illinois Republican Party slammed that request on Twitter, accusing Democrats of “brazenly using a global pandemic as an excuse to ask the [federal government] to bail them out of the fiscal disaster they manufactured over the last two decades.”
Harmon also wants $9.6 billion for local governments, $6 billion for Illinois’ overloaded unemployment insurance system and $1 billion in public health support for “historically underserved communities,” apparently referring to African American communities that have suffered a disproportionate brunt of the state’s COVID-19 deaths and cases overall.
ADVERTISEMENTIllinois received about $2.7 billion in federal aid for costs related to the pandemic as part of the initial Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, which also sent about $2.2 billion to local municipalities.
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