'Voters will know who to blame': Poll shows nearly 7 in 10 Americans support $1 trillion state
and local aid GOP refuse to provide
Published 7 mins ago on July 28, 2020
By Common Dreams
“Senators can no longer ignore the calls of voters, local elected officials, and economists who have repeatedly called for this relief.”
Americans across the political spectrum overwhelmingly want the federal government to provide a trillion dollars for state and local aid in the next Covid-19 relief package, according to new polling, raising the stakes even higher for congressional lawmakers as they work on reconciling House and Senate bills.
The poll, which was conducted by Public Policy Polling (PPP), consists of seven separate surveys of voters in Alaska, Colorado, Georgia, Iowa, Maine, Montana, and North Carolina and was commissioned by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME).
“If senators don’t do the right thing and services are cut when our communities need them most, in November voters will know whom to blame,” AFSCME president Lee Saunders said in a statement.
States are in a perilous position as the economic crisis sparked by the pandemic threatens to destroy local budgets due to precipitous declines in tax revenue.
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/07/voters-will-know-who-to-blame-poll-shows-nearly-7-in-10-americans-support-1-trillion-state-and-local-aid-gop-refuse-to-provide/
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