Meet The Candidates: 2012 GOP Thread

[Chico23231]

When it comes to hypocrisy, Rick Perry gets that First Prize:

Texas balanced budget with stimulus money from Washington - Jan. 23, 2011

Wonder how the tea party feels about that?

[Slingin Sammy 33]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

When it comes to hypocrisy, Rick Perry gets that First Prize:

Texas balanced budget with stimulus money from Washington - Jan. 23, 2011

Wonder how the tea party feels about that?

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."

[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

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

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

I'll have to say I'm torn on this issue. While I want the goverment to reduce spending the money Texas took was money all ready spent. So if Texas did not take the money it would just go to another state so by refusing the money he would not reduce any spending.

That would be like me pointing to someone who takes a tax right off but believes we need to increase taxes.