by Thomas Craig
Congressional Republicans (with the exception of 3), proved to themselves as well as America that the GOP understands the need to return to core values. That being true, the stimulus has been passed and signed by the President so the attention is now on the disbursements. The news is playing up the fact that a few Republican Governors, such as Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-LA), are possibly going to reject a small portion of the stimulus which is intended for their states. The true story in the press is the "hypocrisy" of Republicans who opposed the stimulus accepting the money from the stimulus. I personally think it would be fiscally irresponsible for any Governor to turn down this money, regardless of their stance on the stimulus. No elected official should be in the position to tell their constituents that they will not receive money yet they will still be on the hook for paying off this outrageous debt. If by rejecting their portion of the stimulus, the People of that particular State would not be required to commit the next few generations of their family to paying this off, then I would support rejecting the funds completely. Unfortunetly, we all are going to have to pay this off no matter what, buy hey, at least we'll get an extra $13 per paycheck. Perhaps that will cheer up your child when they are asking why they pay all of their income to taxes. I do have one question... If the stimulus will create jobs, won't it take a continual ongoing budget of the same enormity to KEEP those jobs later on? Aren't we just kicking the problem down the road? (Forgive me, I'm new to socialism and curious to see so many People in the country celebrate the fall of capitalism.)
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