GOP governors consider turning down stimulus moneyBATON ROUGE, La. – A handful of Republican governors are considering turning down some money from the federal stimulus package, a move opponents say puts conservative ideology ahead of the needs of constituents struggling with record foreclosures and soaring unemployment.
Though none has outright rejected the money available for education, health care and infrastructure, the governors of Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alaska, South Carolina and Idaho have all questioned whether the $787 billion bill signed into law this week will even help the economy.
"My concern is there's going to be commitments attached to it that are a mile long," said Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who considered rejecting some of the money but decided Wednesday to accept it. "We need the freedom to pick and choose. And we need the freedom to say 'No thanks.'"
GOP governors consider turning down stimulus money
Most likely they will all accept parts of it but not all of it.
Not a single Democrat of course.
Seems like a pretty crappy idea, unless one was simply trying to burnish their conservative credentials for a bigger run in 2010 or 2012.
Money is not free.
Taking it will be regarded by the giver as accepting the conditions of its giving.
That cost may be too high.
If anyone thinks an a single penny of the money in that bill is not attached to conditions and political strings..then just wow....:doh
Money is not free.
Taking it will be regarded by the giver as accepting the conditions of its giving.
That cost may be too high.
If anyone thinks an a single penny of the money in that bill is not attached to conditions and political strings..then just wow....:doh
I surely hope they do. More money to the "real America" (TM Sarah Palin). Then again those GOP governors who have been quote are governors of some the most backward states in the US, so no wonder.....Yea Louisiana needs no help to take it out of the bottom of most statistics.. yea.. right. Hey, here is a thought, take all the money for reconstruction from Katrina and Rita out of the state, since they want to go it alone...
By voting against the stimulus, Republican lawmakers are on record that their constituents don't need it.
Before you go on to bashing southern states, have a look at where the EU giants stack up as US states.
Don't worry, it was done by a bunch of Swedes who were curious.
Are you?
http://www.timbro.se/bokhandel/pdf/9175665646.pdf
See where the Top EU countries would rank as US States
Pete: Hey'awl, can I cawl ya Bubba?
Before you go on to bashing southern states, have a look at where the EU giants stack up as US states.
Don't worry, it was done by a bunch of Swedes who were curious.
Are you?
http://www.timbro.se/bokhandel/pdf/9175665646.pdf
See where the Top EU countries would rank as US States
Pete: Hey'awl, can I cawl ya Bubba?
Great find Zimmer !!
So Pete, how do you think Louisiana stacks up against Spain and the rest of your precious EU countries now?? At least you are among the 11% of Spaniards that own a computer, or are you using a computer at school? :lol:
Your roasted crow is almost ready for you to eat.
I surely hope they do. More money to the "real America" (TM Sarah Palin). Then again those GOP governors who have been quote are governors of some the most backward states in the US, so no wonder.....Yea Louisiana needs no help to take it out of the bottom of most statistics.. yea.. right. Hey, here is a thought, take all the money for reconstruction from Katrina and Rita out of the state, since they want to go it alone...
By voting against the stimulus, Republican lawmakers are on record that their constituents don't need it.
Yes, we do have some backwards-assed, ignorant individuals living here in Louisiana (they usually either vote for those with D's by their names or they, themselves, have D's by their names). It was an ego boost to this Louisianian when I toured parts of Europe 2 years ago and realized that Louisiana was much more advanced (relative to Europe) than I thought! Now, my recent trip to Mexico and Guatemala did show me that there are many who live in standards lower than southern Europe. Don't worry, Obama is working on bringing us down so that we can eventually look up to you European Unionites (is that a legit word?). But, I digress, back to the subject at hand...
I do agree that those true Republican governors who really want to do the right thing should just reject the tainted federal money and not posture for media attention (Dems won't give up free money even for the attention). Rick Perry of Texas does not surprise me by agreeing to take some money - I have always thought of him as a Bush-like RINO who sucks up too much to liberals. I don't know how my true conservative Texas buddies can stand to have him as their governor (okay, admittedly, I didn't commit suicide while liberal Democrat Blanco helped to destroy Louisiana for 4 years).
And, concerning your ignorant Katrina statement... while I do not agree with the huge sums of post-Katrina money requested from the feds by those of the Mary Landrieu (D) ilk, I do feel that the federal government and some local politicians let New Orleans area residents down by not ensuring that levees actually lived up to their design standards (and tax dollars that were spent). Of course, now we find that after years of politicizing and poor engineering, the Corps of Engineers has probably been a leading reason for many areas flooded by Katrina as well as devastating midwestern floods.
The people I talked to when I was working in Chalmette hated the Corps with a passion.
The following is a point lost on socialists: There will always be poor.So you are saying that because we are discussing the US, that you have to inflict Europe into the debate? Are you some how ashamed over the "poor" states because some of them have GOP Governors? Or do you deny that Louisiana is considered a "poor" state?
Average American "poor" is as well off as the average European in what are known as their best countries, strongest economies. It's plain to see, and Europeans who travel know it.
Lack of something as simple as air conditioning in Paris cost 14,000 people their lives, and untold others in Europe. That's the cost of socialism in a nutshell. In Chicago they considered it, and it was, a catastrophe when 600 died of the same cause.
Socialism has its costs.
It's only five years old.As for your link. Interesting out of date information.
But for the socialists, you folks can take money, sprinkle it around like magic dust and predict what will happen in 10, 20, 50-years. And your predictions are almost always wrong.
Keynes was wrong. Stagflation was never supposed to happen.
Galbraith wrong.
Marx wrong.
von Mises, Hayek, Friedman, have a bit better record. Whether in America, New Zealand, Hong Kong or Chile... free markets and people freed from the shackles of government prosper... lifting all boats.
Socialism causes heat waves.
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