Comments on: Five States Whose GOP Govs May Refuse Stimulus Are Among Most Dependent on Federal Dole

By: peter

peter — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 14:27:09 +0000

Every penny being borrowed by any body has to be repayed.
If we don’t re pay it????????????????
If you make $10.00 dollars an hour, It will only buy $8.00 dollars of food.
If you have $10,000 in the bank It will only be worth $8000. Your home,job,business etc.

It dosen’t matter If there is a D or a R or an L in front of your name

By: M.Grafius

M.Grafius — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:39:47 +0000

“as i understand it, accepting the funds is not an option,”

Most Governors that are refusing stimulus funds are only refusing those funds that rewrite state constitutions or state laws. When the stimulus money runs out it will fall to the states to shoulder the financial burden of these new laws. This will leave many, if not all, states with even higher debts after the 2-year stimulus bill expires.

A reminder, the Federal Government may not rewrite state constitutions. A stipulation of acceptance of many of these stimulus payments requires states to rewrite these laws.

Another stipulation put in allows a state’s representatives to force a state to accept these unwanted funds. State representatives have no power or authority to do this. It is simply illegal. They are permitted to deny payments for noncompliance, but they are not allowed to force compliance.

The Federal Government was designed to work for the states, not vice-versa. It’s a nation of united states. That system was established early on in American history to keep Federal government in check.

By: J.T.

J.T. — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:53:08 +0000

>I hope they do refuse the money,someone else could probably use it, we could even use it to help pay for healthcare, which is sorely needed.

Not true at all. Mississippi, Louisiana and South Carolina are all among the poorest states in the country. However, that is part of why they are refusing. They will not be able to afford the obligatory increase in welfare and unemployment after the stimulus money runs out. That seems to me a perfectly good reason to refuse. After all, spending what you can’t afford is what got us into this economic mess in the first place, isn’t it?

By: choupachoup

choupachoup — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 15:59:06 +0000

as i understand it, accepting the funds is not an option, so these prima donnas are just talking up their knuckle dragger, and libertarian base….”don’t make me do it !”.
as if.
it would be a wakeup call for their citizenry if they did, but i suspect that they are just lining up their relatives and shadow corps to sweep that money out of site, then say it was ineffectual, and that limbaughs prayer for national failure was heard by god.

By: JS

JS — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 17:01:18 +0000

I hope they do refuse the money,someone else could probably use it, we could even use it to help pay for healthcare, which is sorely needed.

By: sobe

sobe — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 18:16:59 +0000

I’m shocked. Shocked!