[LTCJ]

If the feds try to call out the Guard on a State, let the Governor say, "Sorry, we don't have the funds to pay for that (the economy, you know). And until the fed hands over cold hard cash, the Guard will just sit and wait".

Sorry, it doesn't work that way. The states contribute almost nothing to the financing of their Guard units. For instance, the State of Georgia's budget line item for the Guard runs less than $2 million per year.

[Marty62]

Well he has a point.

Governor Perry went to Iraq to visit “the 4000 to 5000 National Guard Troops UNDER HIS COMMAND” Does Your Governor look at his/her troops as their responsibility?