Half is the new black: Like AIG bonus babies, Palin wants half of stimulus cash
Friday, March 20, 2009 at 2:54 pm
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Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin faced a dilemma. Should she keep the federal stimulus funding her state is due or give it up? One rival for the helm of the Republican Party, Gov. Tim Pawlenty, chose to keep it. Another, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, first was going to give up $700 million, then decided to keep all but about $98 million. In the end, Palin made the same choice AIG executives did with their publicly funded bonuses: keep half.
Palin is sending back 45 percent of the $930 million her state had coming — $160 million of which would have gone to educating people in a state where 40 percent drop out of high school. Maybe some of it could have been spent on sex ed: Alaska’s teen pregnancy rate is the fastest-growing in the land. But no, Palin insisted that any money she took fit her requirements to a T: ”timely, targeted and temporary.”
Oh, for the wisdom of Solomon! Wait — was Solomon a maverick or a community organizer? No matter — spurning half the federal government’s largesse to Alaska isn’t really like splitting the baby. For a GOP governor with lofty ambitions, it’s more like being half pregnant.
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Comment posted March 20, 2009 @ 3:48 pm
Chris… Obama signed the bill. And stop drinking Kool-Aid. Obama and the Democrats approved of it. Your piece here is more like the point you’re trying to prove. Only you proved it on yourself. Who gave the AIG Bonuses = Democrats. Who signed the Bill? Obama.
Stop distracting and focus on who voted and signed this bill into Law. Not those who reject it. Maybe if the Democrats and Obama read the bill “line by line” there would be NO Bonuses. Let’s remember Palin had nothing to do with the Bill’s authorship or voting it into law or signing the bill. THE DEMOCRATS & OBAMA DID!
And did you read what she rejected? There are strings attached. States Rights ought to be respected and Bills like this ought to be REJECTED! Especially since it lets AIG people get the bonuses.
Chris STEP AWAY FROM THE KOOL-AID! You’ll find yourself in TRILLION DOLLAR DEBTS!
Comment posted March 20, 2009 @ 4:16 pm
Vicki,
Slow down. The general stimulus bill that provides direct dollars to the states has nothing to do with the TARP bailouts. The bonuses were never “given” by the democrats, actually a loophole was inserted into the document that allowed COMPANIES to give bonuses and the beneficiaries of said bonuses to keep them.
If Palin wants Alaska want to be first in teen pregnancy and in the high school drop out rate, that speaks volumes about her and the future of the Republican party. Sheesh.
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