By Kevin Bohn, Jeremy Diamond and Paul LeBlanc,
Under the memorandum, the federal government would require states to pick up the tab for 25% (or $100) of the $400 additional benefit each person may able to receive weekly in additional aid -- an initiative that was immediately criticized by several governors because of how financially strapped many states are due to the coronavirus.
But Trump said Sunday it was possible that the federal government could pick up the entire cost if governors make a request.
"We have a system where we can do 100% or we can do 75%, they pay 25, and it will depend on the state," he said to reporters before returning to the White House from his resort in New Jersey. "And they will make a application. We will look at it, and we'll make a decision."
"So you know, they may be, they'll pay nothing in some instances or maybe they'll -- a little bit like the National Guard, like the National Guard, as you know. Sometimes we'll pay all of it depending on the tragedy, or whatever it may be, the disaster," he said. "Sometimes the state will pay 40%, 25%, 10% or nothing -- depending on how it works out."
So if a state has a Republican Governor who is a Trump sycophant, should we expect them to pay “nothing”? Is America now run like a Putin style Kleptocracy?
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