This is the Republican party
Presidential wishful, SC Governor Mark Sanford, writes an oped for the WSJ making his case for refusing the Stimulus money, and in it, as part of his largest Gubernatorial political effort this year, he talks about how his state ranked "47th worst in the nation for annual debt service as a percentage of tax revenue," and it's on this basis that he's refusing the money.
BUT, my point would be that SC also ranks in the last 10 on infant mortality, K-12 education, etc, yet the Governor is not spending one moment of his national spotlight on that. He's actually actively refusing $700 million for his state's 4.5 million people.
He's positioning as the budget cutter of the 2012 primaries. Screw his people and their condition.
BUT, my point would be that SC also ranks in the last 10 on infant mortality, K-12 education, etc, yet the Governor is not spending one moment of his national spotlight on that. He's actually actively refusing $700 million for his state's 4.5 million people.
He's positioning as the budget cutter of the 2012 primaries. Screw his people and their condition.
posted by mikevotes at
7:48 AM
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I think it is a bit unfair to describe this as positioning. Right or wrong, this guy has been a hardcore fiscal conservative his whole career.
Truthfully, I think his article made a pretty good point. And I did not see where he wants to 'refuse' the stimulus money. Maybe I'm missing something, but as I understand it he wants to use it to pay down the state debt, the theory being to use a temporary windfall to create long-term net income.
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OpenMindedRepublican, at 1:08 AM
But he can't do that. By the legislation, he doesn't have that choice.
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mikevotes, at 6:59 AM
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