Blue State bailout idea

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In The US many Blue states,that were already in financial crises due to their own financial mismanagement, are requesting federal bailouts.

As a fiscal conservative, I normally wouldn’t throw money at an empty hole.

Since the Corona-virus BS has encouraged blue states to shut down their economies and overwhelm their state agencies that have been handing out money like it was someone else’s money, I expected them to demand Trump break the piggy bank, yet again to pay for all of their failures.

What if, instead of just handing over money to be wasted further, the federal government LOANED the states money to get themselves right long enough to fix all of their problems?

Obviously, no one would expect the states to actually pay back this money, because the states that need it are sure to mismanage it again, as they always do.

What if the loan required collateral, in the form of state-owned real estate or some other tangible asset?

Can you imagine The federal government taking possession of land held by blue states, and the media frenzy that would ensue?

Perhaps portions of some (blue) states could be allocated to neighboring red states, that have ponied up the money to buy their collateralized debt?

Imagine re-drawing of the maps and the likely movement of Electoral votes when people flee to the red states.

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