Meet The Candidates: 2012 GOP Thread

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by Slingin Sammy 33

Not so fast my friend. Headlines are nice, but the devil is in the details. As the Gov of TX it would be flat out irresponsible for him to leave Federal money to help his state on the table.

From the article:
"Texas would have balanced its budget regardless of the presence of stimulus dollars," said Lucy Nashed, Perry's deputy press secretary. "This money came from the pockets of Texas taxpayers, and we are committed to getting our fair share of these dollars, which would have otherwise been disbursed to other states."

See you're missing the point, its not the fact he took the money...your almost there