By Ray Carter, includes “… The joint letter notes that the federal government has already provided a general $150 billion COVID-19 relief fund, a $30 billion education-costs fund, and a $45 billion disaster-relief fund for state and local governments … ‘We feel a federal bailout of state budgets would be counterproductive—rewarding states that have made poor financial decisions at the expense of those that have been fiscally responsible,’ the letter said.”