Weren't They Just Cackling About NOT Letting GOP States Have Pork $$$ ?

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

zulchzulu  (1000+ posts)        Thu Feb-19-09 08:23 PM
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Enjoy the quicksand: Palin, Jindal, Barbour, Sanford, Perry about to walk right into it 
 Advertisements [?]Edited on Thu Feb-19-09 08:27 PM by zulchzulu
South Carolina's Mark Sanford, Louisiana's Bobby Jindal, Mississippi's Haley Barbour, Alaska's Sarah Palin and Texas' Rick Perry are all apparently aligned to reject the Stimulus Package for their states. Rejecting aid for their infrastructure, ignoring the unemployed and middle fingering thousands of good-paying jobs for their citizens plays second to their political aspirations and ego.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x8211969

And it goes on like this.

Yet, earlier they were blathering about how if the GOP had any integrity they should be allowed to opt out of the stimulus money:

http://www.conservativecave.com/index.php/topic,22343.0.html

[jukin]

Sadly the DUmbasses don't know, or care, that only $40 billion goes to actual infrastructure and the biggest slice of that goes to cali and nev for the train from Disneyland to Vegas. So at best a state would get about $800 million for infrastructure.

Those that fail to see reality are doomed to live in the parent's basement.

[Texacon]

One of the few things I can agree with Governor Good Hair on!

Good on ya Rick Perry.

KC

[Rebel]

The thing is, why wouldn't they take it? It's not like the money is going to go back to the people. It'll go to other, more than likely, liberal states. Then, when the Republican governors are voted out due to the idiocy of the American people, a liberal will be elected.

[djones520]

The thing is, why wouldn't they take it? It's not like the money is going to go back to the people. It'll go to other, more than likely, liberal states. Then, when the Republican governors are voted out due to the idiocy of the American people, a liberal will be elected.

I've been hearing the Governers say that a lot of the programs involved in this package are only going to be paid X amount by the Feds.  Once that money dries up the states are expected to foot the bills, putting them in an even worse position then their already in.

[Carl]

I've been hearing the Governers say that a lot of the programs involved in this package are only going to be paid X amount by the Feds.  Once that money dries up the states are expected to foot the bills, putting them in an even worse position then their already in.

Exactly.
Around here the public schools are forever building temples and ball fields and name it by selling the thing to voters on the "state pays 80%" of the cost thing.

Well those 20% left overs add up after time,the work is usually shoddy with no oversight so the repairs are 100% the districts to pay for and then the upkeep on the new building is never factored in.

A neighboring district built a new science wing and then discovered that the heating system was no where near the capacity to meet the addition.

Kind of went off topic but gravy trains are never what they are promised to be.

[Lord Undies]

Weren't They Just Cackling About NOT Letting GOP States Have Pork $$$ ?

That was 19,232 emotions ago. 

[Chris_]

I've been hearing the Governers say that a lot of the programs involved in this package are only going to be paid X amount by the Feds.  Once that money dries up the states are expected to foot the bills, putting them in an even worse position then their already in.

Bingo.  Too many millions are already being spent for unfunded federal mandates.