We've written about the dichotomy apparent when Alabama's Congressional delegation votes, almost to a man, against the stimulus plan, yet its Republican Governor is more than willing to present state legislators with state budgets that are balanced only because of the billions of dollars included for Alabama in that package. This morning's N.Y. Times examines other GOP Governor's who publicly supported President Obama's stimulus legislation. It quotes a Riley spokesman as saying the Governor went to D.C. with money in mind: “He’s going to make sure Alabama doesn’t miss out on the money we’re entitled to.” Our delegation, especially GOP Senators Shelby and Sessions, battled against the money. We get more in federal funds back than we pay. Are we "entitled" to the stimulus cash? Sure, as long as we're still a part of theses United States.
You're incorrect about the budget proposals. They do not depend on the stimulus bill to be balanced.
ReplyDeleteI should have credited Dave White of the Birmingham News for the part of the posting..here the link to his story:
ReplyDeletehttp://blog.al.com/spotnews/2009/02/alabama_gov_bob_riley_unveils.html