Vermont Republican Governor Jim Douglas Throws Out Principle...Supports Stimulus
Just when you compliment Republicans for showing a little bit of fortitude for not supporting the trillion dollar swindle, they have to go and remind you that, by and large, they don’t have much more scruples than the dems.
After the House Republicans voted unanimously to reject Obama’s bill, most Republicans have decided to side with Obama and the bill. There’s an old political adage at work here: If all your co-workers are going to participate in mass plunder, it makes no sense for you not to join in. If the Federal Government is going to start passing out money, you turning it down does make the money go away…it just gets sent to another state. It makes sense for you, as a governor to participate in the mass plunder.
It doesn’t make the bill any wiser, but if you as a State Governor don’t bring any of this loot home, there may be serious rumblings about your ability to bring home the bacon come election time.
GOP Governors Press Congress To Pass Stimulus Bill
NEW YORK (AP) — Most Republican governors have broken with their GOP colleagues in Congress and are pushing for passage of President Barack Obama’s economic aid plan that would send billions to states for education, public works and health care.
Their state treasuries drained by the financial crisis, governors would welcome the money from Capitol Hill, where GOP lawmakers are more skeptical of Obama’s spending priorities.
The 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, planned to meet in Washington this weekend with Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and other senators to press for her state’s share of the package. (Read more.)
