OPINION:
American citizens throughout this nation are not obligated by the U.S. Constitution to bail out the profligate spending of out-of-control governments in states such as California or New York. Let those states either file for bankruptcy if legal or cut spending if not.
The notion that a taxpayer in our federalist system should provide federal taxes to bail out state, county or city government in any of the other states is preposterous on its face.
RAY WIKSTROM
Jacksonville, Fla.
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