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Houston is having some budget issues currently: <https://abc13.com/houston-budget-mayor-john-whitmire-city-services-cut-hfd-raises/14570218/ https://abc13.com/h
by vondur 2y ago
Houston is having some budget issues currently:
<https://abc13.com/houston-budget-mayor-john-whitmire-city-services-cut-hfd-raises/14570218/ https://abc13.com/houston-budget-mayor-john-whitmire-city-se...>
How much should the states bail out mismanaged cities? How much should the Federal Government bail out mismanaged states? Budgets aren't "free money" as you assert.
- bobthepanda 2y agoThe general problem states see is that metropolitan regions are more productive and produce more taxes, so in many cases the state cannot necessarily wash its hands of cities. The largest municipal fiscal crises in the nation so far have been NYC in the ‘70s and Detroit. There is also the case of Puerto Rico, although one could argue the feds have more culpability there since its status as a non-state subject to federal laws makes a lot of avenues for resolving crises illegal.