"It's not fair to the taxpayers of Florida. We sit here, we live within our means, and then New York, Illinois, California and other states don't. And we're supposed to go bail them out? That's not right," GOP Sen. Rick Scott tells poolers of sending more money to states

"I get it, we should help states with the coronavirus ... [but] the federal government doesn't pay for everything. And states have an obligation, cities have an obligation to balance their budgets and watch how they spend money, too"

"Residents in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York have some of the highest tax bills in the nation. They also pay thousands more in federal taxes than their state receives back in federal funding." https://www.governing.com/week-in-finance/gov-taxpayers-10-states-give-more-feds-than-get-back.html