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I've brought this up several times. Texans really have nothing to say about it.
- SpeakEasy - http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy -
Wannabe Secessionist Rick Perry Balances Texas Budget With Federal Stimulus Cash
Posted By barbaramorrill On May 26, 2010 @ 4:46 pm
Rick Perry, the wannabe secessionist and Governor of Texas, must be doubly grateful that his state legislature ignored his empty talk about turning down money from the economic recovery package because:
… the Wall Street Journal noted this morning, the stimulus is the reason that Texas currently has a balanced budget:
[T]he economic downturn is catching up with Texas. Sales-tax revenue started falling in February 2009 compared with the previous year, and only started to recover a bit in April of this year. Although Mr. Perry has railed against the federal economic-stimulus program, billions of dollars from that initiative helped Texas legislators balance the current budget.
… which gave Perry more time to double his state’s debt and to write a book:
… that will blast Washington for overreaching and intruding on the rights of states and individuals.
led Fed Up, it is described by publisher Little, Brown and Co. as a polemic that casts federal policies as a “legitimate threat to America’s continued leadership in the free world.”
Considering that Texas received a nearly $23 billion intrusion, perhaps Mr. Perry should change the le to “Fed.”
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As always, Repugs and conservatives hate govt unless taxpayer $$ are flowing into the their pockets.
I've brought this up several times. Texans really have nothing to say about it.
Old news.
It will be newer news with the upcoming budget when Texas won't be bailed out again.
That's fair, Chump, but that doesn't change the fact that we knew about this months ago.
Sure -- the silence from the Texas board Republicans concerning the Texas bailout has been deafening.
they are tired of all the bailouts... they are tea potty mad.
It was Kay B. Hutchinson's main platform issue. If her site is still up, you can check.
i don't think the texas budget allows deficit spending, so i laugh every time texas politicians are lauded for the "balanced texas budget"
all govt levels below fed can't print money, nor can they deflate their currency, so they have to borrow (bonds), invest, and hold $Ts in untouchable reserves.
Sorta like Greece as a Euro-denominated country. It can't anymore print drachmas anymore to devalue its way of its crisis.
Last edited by boutons_deux; 05-28-2010 at 10:29 AM.
Already have lay offs, hiring freezes, and slashing of funds. Somehow people don't seem to know this.
It was pretty obvious Gov. Good Hair was pulling the secession strings to appeal to the tea-bagga's during the primaries. Nothing more.
I didn't vote for Perry in the primary, u mad? What's your solution Chump?
You know nothing will change because this is how the system works. Easy position to be on.
This is why people should have all voted for that crazy woman Medina. Who gives a if she thinks 9/11 was an inside job (she probably doesn't), does that effect the Texas budget in anyway? No. Does that affect Texas in any way? No. Does abortion, gay marriage, or interextraterrestrial sexual relations affect Texas in any fiscal way? No. Why would people vote in they know will not change anything. The only hope is that crazy woman because if she doesn't actually do it, no one will. It's a pretty simple concept. Instead the dems and $$repugs gangbang her chances to keep the broken lame system spinning its gears.
Thus, Texas receiving Fed money after pretending like it is any different than any other lame state in this country...wgaf.
Last edited by EmptyMan; 05-28-2010 at 05:11 PM.
That's because we've all known for 10 years the bag's a snake. I guess the other 49 states are just figuring this out.
Don't ask me how Capt. JFK Hair keeps getting elected. I completely don't get it.
Nope. I've known for a long time that Republicans are hypocritical s.
Not pretending. Not paying for Formula One tracks. No corporate giveaways.What's your solution Chump?
Medina always sounded like a complete idiot when I heard her.You know nothing will change because this is how the system works. Easy position to be on.
This is why people should have all voted for that crazy woman Medina. Who gives a if she thinks 9/11 was an inside job (she probably doesn't), does that effect the Texas budget in anyway? No. Does that affect Texas in any way? No. Does abortion, gay marriage, or interextraterrestrial sexual relations affect Texas in any fiscal way? No. Why would people vote in they know will not change anything. The only hope is that crazy woman because if she doesn't actually do it, no one will. It's a pretty simple concept. Instead the dems and $$repugs gangbang her chances to keep the broken lame system spinning its gears.
Obviously not you. Why do you vote at all?Thus, Texas receiving Fed money after pretending like it is any different than any other lame state in this country...wgaf.
Wow. If you say so.
Gee, do you think Texans paid any of those taxpayer $$?
I do so say.
*Places checkmark in Book of Absolutes*
Gee, did Texans claim to be against the stimulus?
All Texans or just some of them?
Which Texas Republican was against using the stimulus to balance the budget?
Which ones claimed to be for it?
Me. Next.
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