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Most Republican governors have broken with their GOP Congressmen - Want stimulus passed
Fox News ^ | January 31, 2009

Posted on 01/31/2009 3:38:32 PM PST by Stars&StripesNE

NEW YORK -- 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.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 111th; bailout; bhostimulus; c; economy; gop; jindal; oinkoink; paliin; pork; porkulus; rga; sanford; sarahpalin; stimulus
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To: mamelukesabre

I’m gonna play doors music non stop until a real conservative is in the whitehouse

Now THAT’S torture.


141 posted on 01/31/2009 5:33:40 PM PST by stevecmd
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To: All
Good God how did the country get to this point? How did Americans allow the federal government to accumulate this much power?

The founders shoulda' stuck with the Articles of Confederation.

142 posted on 01/31/2009 5:35:46 PM PST by Swing_Thought (BHO: new lead engineer of the one party US socialism express)
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To: jla

I’ve read some of the other posts. I think it’s probably true that the GOP governors are interested only in the infrastructure part of the package. Another way of looking at it would be that they are trying to reclaim a portion of the money the feds stole from them.


143 posted on 01/31/2009 5:35:57 PM PST by EveningStar (Socialism in the USA began in 1933. In 2009 it kicked into warp drive.)
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To: Stars&StripesNE
The Governors have no say if the package is passed or not. What if the Congress does pass it and the Republican Governors say they do not want it. Then what happens, does their share then go to the democrat controlled states?

I am getting very confused with the entire subject ( as you can see ).

144 posted on 01/31/2009 5:36:04 PM PST by Irish Eyes
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To: Stars&StripesNE

Just what we need — more cowardly sellouts.

From now on, instead of “Governor”, let them be called “Your Porkulence”.


145 posted on 01/31/2009 5:36:55 PM PST by Mad_Tom_Rackham (The committed will surely dominate the complacent.)
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To: Stars&StripesNE
Most Republican governors have broken with their GOP Congressmen - Want stimulus passed

Most Republican governors are no smarter economically than John McCain.

146 posted on 01/31/2009 5:39:30 PM PST by arthurus ( H.L. Mencken said, "Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods.")
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To: EveningStar

Look Sarah is the real deal. Just get it through your thick heads that the MSM will do anything, I mean anything short of murder, to take Sarah out. And the truth does not enter into the equation or matter one bit. They are slime and sluts, the bottom line.


147 posted on 01/31/2009 5:41:05 PM PST by techno
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To: techno

Look Sarah is the real deal. Just get it through your thick heads that the MSM will do anything, I mean anything short of murder, to take Sarah out. And the truth does not enter into the equation or matter one bit. They are slime and sluts, the bottom line.

I’ve read from other Team Sarah members who have actually had the stomach to visit liberal blogs who have said that they wish Sarah dead, yes dead, this is who we are dealing with here


148 posted on 01/31/2009 5:42:58 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: SierraWasp
The article says a whole lot of nothing and was mostly a set up to get people worked up about Palin. It was cooked up by the same media that has accused Palin of going on the offensive, against them, to whip up the conservative base. They want to dive and conquer. Sadly people still fall for it.
149 posted on 01/31/2009 5:42:59 PM PST by redk
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To: Captain Kirk
It is really quite remarkable about how almost everyone here is ready to excuse or rationalize anything that Palin does believe a headline when the body of the article does not support it.

Every year the Governors consult with their congressmen on federal appropriations. That's what these Republican Governors are doing (well, except for the nut in Vermont).
It is a neccessary part of their job. This has been going on since Madison's term as President. After him the floodgates opened and federal funds are now a large part of the states' budgets.

The ignorance and gullibility some Palin-haters avidly show sometimes, as on this thread, is remarkable IMO. There are certainly reasonable criticisms to make of her instead. Even unreasonable criticism that is honest is lacking. I don't get it.

150 posted on 01/31/2009 5:47:22 PM PST by mrsmith
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To: Eric Blair 2084
On behalf of irresponsible Governors and legislators in liberal tax and spend blue states, like the Democratic People’s Republic of CA, NY, NJ....

Hey, as a New Jerseyan, I have to point out the following: Since 1997, Alaska has gotten back anywhere from $1.84 to $1.34 in federal spending for each dollar of federal tax paid. In comparison, since 1997 New Jersey has gotten back 71 cents to 61 cents in federal spending for each dollar of federal tax paid. NJ almost always ranks 48th, 49th, or 50th among the states in federal dollar give-backs.

I don't want to start a war between the states, but.... To see data for your state, check out this site.

151 posted on 01/31/2009 5:53:26 PM PST by kittykat77
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To: Stars&StripesNE

~ The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States,
are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. ~

—Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution—

“Any objective observer can see that the Tenth Amendment is the most widely violated provision of the bill of rights. If it had been enforced, America would be an astonishingly different country. Today’s atmosphere of big government, ever-expanding entitlement programs, and bloated spending threaten to undermine the very basis of American liberty and self-reliance.

To bring about positive social change and to strengthen our most effective and efficient social institutions, we must rein in government, reject calls for expanded entitlement programs, and demand that government intervenes in only very limited ways and only when absolutely necessary.

The greatest advances of civilization, whether in architecture or painting, in science and literature, in industry or agriculture, have never come from centralized government.”

~ Milton Friedman ~


152 posted on 01/31/2009 6:07:06 PM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life ;o)
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To: Stars&StripesNE

“These idiots are playing right into Barry’s hand.”

That’s right.

“Obama’s economic aid plan that would send billions to states for education, public works and health care.”

With such stimulus aid will come strings attached that no truly responsible (to the people of his State) Governor would even want.


153 posted on 01/31/2009 6:14:11 PM PST by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists, Call 'em what you will, they ALL have Fairies livin' in their Trees.)
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To: Lady GOP
There are huge deficits and they cannot run the states.

Then, they need to do what we all have to do -- CUT THE DAMNED SPENDING!

Every one of these states has been growing expenses by twice the inflation rate for the past two decades, if not longer. It's time to stop the madness. But of course, this will not happen, because we are all caught in the relentless grip of this Fabian Socialist python. Only millions marching in Washington might stop it, if it's not too late already.

154 posted on 01/31/2009 6:20:16 PM PST by Mad_Tom_Rackham (The committed will surely dominate the complacent.)
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To: Maelstorm

Yes. Well said.


155 posted on 01/31/2009 6:38:44 PM PST by Mad_Tom_Rackham (The committed will surely dominate the complacent.)
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To: Eric Blair 2084

AND, these decisions about spending our hard earned are being made by a cabal of lawyers — very few Statesmen are left — who haven’t worked an honest day in their lives.


156 posted on 01/31/2009 6:49:32 PM PST by Mad_Tom_Rackham (The committed will surely dominate the complacent.)
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To: mamelukesabre

It was the only rational choice, sadly.


157 posted on 01/31/2009 6:52:03 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Obama: Carter's only chance to avoid going down in history as the worst U.S. president ever.)
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To: Mad_Tom_Rackham

It’s not their money. It’s ours. Or was ours.

Screw it. I’ll just stay home on Monday and quit my job. Why bother?

I’ll watch highlights of the Super Bowl on a continuous loop on ESPN2 while sitting around picking my balls, eating a KFC bucket for breakfast and drinking beer.

I’ll get a government check and free healthcare benefits.

Maybe this Socialism thing isn’t so bad after all. I can learn to love it and Big Brother.


158 posted on 01/31/2009 6:58:34 PM PST by Eric Blair 2084 (Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms shouldn't be a federal agency...it should be a convenience store.)
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To: rob777

it’s a divide and conquer article to sow dissention in the ranks before the facts - turn conservative against conservative.


159 posted on 01/31/2009 7:01:03 PM PST by Puddleglum (this space for rent)
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To: Freee-dame
All of these obvious pork projects add up to less than 11 billion dollars. They are a smoke screen.

Au contraire! Many of these expenditures will continue year after year in perpetuity. With this "crisis" as an excuse, Democrats are imposing a massive increase in socialist governance, and sadly, itlooks like the Repubs are going along for the ride.

160 posted on 01/31/2009 7:10:16 PM PST by Mad_Tom_Rackham (The committed will surely dominate the complacent.)
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