The New York Times published a recent editorial titled "While Mr. Perry and Mr. Jindal Fiddle." The paper calls for Gov. Bobby Jindal and Texas Gov. Rick Perry to take the federal aid and do what's best for their constitutents, adding that the "time has clearly passed for posturing":
Republican governors who have been threatening to refuse federal aid rather than sensibly expand state unemployment insurance programs are putting ideology ahead of the needs of their constituents.
... written by John123 , March 23, 2009 - 09:14 pm
Jindal is right for not taking the money. It's not a Republican or Democratic stance... It's simply acknowleding that money can't come out of the sky.
... written by Kevin Alexander , March 24, 2009 - 01:37 am
What's so dangerous about the current crisis is that if you attack Obama's administration on anything you are accused of not wanting the country to succeed. Since when did the President become America herself? He is simply a servant of the people, or at least that's the way things should be. I watched Larry King interview Jindal, and he was just flabbergasted that Jindal wouldn't take the money, as if that meant Jindal automatically was against the people of Louisiana and playing partisan politics. Unwise spending habits is what got all of us in this mess we are in right now, and we are going to share the consequences of it for years to come. The worst thing we can do is to continue these bad spending habits.
If homeowners or business owners spent money the way the government does these days, they'd either foreclose on their house or go out of business.
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