# Great News! Some GOP Governors may turn down stimulus funds. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 19, 2009, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-news-some-gop-governors-may-turn-down-stimulus-funds/486488 "2009-02-19T01:11:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![R.P.McMurphy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-news-some-gop-governors-may-turn-down-stimulus-funds/486488/1 "2009-02-19T01:11:18Z")
This is terrific! Some GOP Governors may turn down money from the stimulus bill on philosophical grounds. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090219/ap\_on\_bi\_ge/bucking\_the\_stimulus](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090219/ap_on_bi_ge/bucking_the_stimulus) Of course, these are guys that were elected by the most backwards thinking voters of the most backwards, uneducated states in the US. This means more money and jobs and a longer lifeline for the rest of us. BTW, Governor Jindal, your screwed up state of Louisiana is the only state with a lower bond rating than California. How did you manage that? ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-news-some-gop-governors-may-turn-down-stimulus-funds/486488/2 "2009-02-19T01:36:36Z")
> [@](#): > > Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alaska, South Carolina and Idaho Historically, those states have all [gotten more than their share](http://www.nationalpriorities.org/Publications/What-is-Came-to-Your-State-in-2005.html#table1) of federal dollars. I think it’s nice that the governors are volunteering to make amends for that. They should be encouraged in their efforts. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-news-some-gop-governors-may-turn-down-stimulus-funds/486488/3 "2009-02-19T01:42:11Z")
> [@Spartydog](#): > > Of course, these are guys that were elected by the most backwards thinking voters of the most backwards, uneducated states in the US. I think you got some of your brush in my face. ---
**Author:** ![IdahoMauleMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/71c47a/32.png) [@IdahoMauleMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IdahoMauleMan)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-news-some-gop-governors-may-turn-down-stimulus-funds/486488/4 "2009-02-19T01:43:25Z")
> [@Spartydog](#): > > This is terrific! Some GOP Governors may turn down money from the stimulus bill on philosophical grounds. > > [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090219/ap\_on\_bi\_ge/bucking\_the\_stimulus](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090219/ap_on_bi_ge/bucking_the_stimulus) > > Of course, these are guys that were elected by the most backwards thinking voters of the most backwards, uneducated states in the US. > > This means more money and jobs and a longer lifeline for the rest of us. > > BTW, Governor Jindal, your screwed up state of Louisiana is the only state with a lower bond rating than California. How did you manage that? I haven’t been to any of those states. But it sounds like you have. Can you share some of your experiences with the rest of us? What did you see and hear in each of those states? Can you explain their backwardness to the rest of us? Thanks in advance. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-news-some-gop-governors-may-turn-down-stimulus-funds/486488/5 "2009-02-19T01:46:01Z")
> [@Spartydog](#): > > Of course, these are guys that were elected by the most backwards thinking voters of the most backwards, uneducated states in the US. This is bigotry. BTW, I happened to vote for one of those governors. I’m also considerably smarter and likely better educated than you are. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-news-some-gop-governors-may-turn-down-stimulus-funds/486488/6 "2009-02-19T01:54:00Z")
Anyone think this just might serve as a wake-up call for voters in those states? ---
**Author:** ![Lungfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d78d45/32.png) [@Lungfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lungfish)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-news-some-gop-governors-may-turn-down-stimulus-funds/486488/7 "2009-02-19T01:54:10Z")
And the rest of them are taking the money for their districts even through they didn’t vote for the stimulus: [huffingtonpost.com](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/18/gop-fighting-for-money-fr_n_167914.html). Hypocrites! ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-news-some-gop-governors-may-turn-down-stimulus-funds/486488/8 "2009-02-19T01:55:30Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > This is bigotry. > > BTW, I happened to vote for one of those governors. I’m also considerably smarter and likely better educated than you are. _Holding back a joke about Spartydog and yeast!_ ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-news-some-gop-governors-may-turn-down-stimulus-funds/486488/9 "2009-02-19T02:06:25Z")
Yo, **Spartydog** , congratulations on being the subject of my first, and hopefully last, Pit thread since my return here: [Bring it](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=10845918#post10845918) ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-news-some-gop-governors-may-turn-down-stimulus-funds/486488/10 "2009-02-19T02:11:35Z")
> [@Spartydog](#): > > Of course, these are guys that were elected by the most backwards thinking voters of the most backwards, uneducated states in the US. Which states need the money the most. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-news-some-gop-governors-may-turn-down-stimulus-funds/486488/11 "2009-02-19T02:36:21Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Anyone think this just might serve as a wake-up call for voters in those states? Nope. Things here will be bad and continue to stay worse. They’ll be even worse here, and people like Haley Barbour can point and say “He look, I done told’d you I was right. Now pass that bottle of gin.” -Joe ---
**Author:** ![AdmiralCrunch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@AdmiralCrunch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AdmiralCrunch)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-news-some-gop-governors-may-turn-down-stimulus-funds/486488/12 "2009-02-19T02:41:26Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > This is bigotry. > > BTW, I happened to vote for one of those governors. I’m also considerably smarter and likely better educated than you are. To the Pit! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-news-some-gop-governors-may-turn-down-stimulus-funds/486488/13 "2009-02-19T03:05:56Z")
It’s like voluntary darwinism. The less fit are choosing to off themselves to make room for the rest of us. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-news-some-gop-governors-may-turn-down-stimulus-funds/486488/14 "2009-02-19T03:08:13Z")
> [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](#): > > It’s like voluntary darwinism. The less fit are choosing to off themselves to make room for the rest of us. More bigotry. I thought liberals oppose that sort of thing? ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-news-some-gop-governors-may-turn-down-stimulus-funds/486488/15 "2009-02-19T03:30:41Z")
That’s great. At long last some Republican leaders are ready to live up to their claims of favoring accountability. Hopefully these folks are willing to wean themselves off the government teat altogether. At least until they come closer to being net contributors rather than net moochers. I’d rather they stop taking our money in exchange for giving us Trent Lott, Haley Barbour, David Duke, Lindsay Graham, Strom Thurmond and any of the other tumors they have foisted upon us. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-news-some-gop-governors-may-turn-down-stimulus-funds/486488/16 "2009-02-19T03:47:18Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > More bigotry. I thought liberals oppose that sort of thing? We do. We fully support the right of all peoples to shoot themselves in the foot with more of their own foolishness, if they so choose. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-news-some-gop-governors-may-turn-down-stimulus-funds/486488/17 "2009-02-19T03:48:33Z")
> [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](#): > > We do. We fully support the right all peoples to shoot themselves in the foot with more of their foolishness. So you support 2nd Amendment rights? Good for you. ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-news-some-gop-governors-may-turn-down-stimulus-funds/486488/18 "2009-02-19T03:55:41Z")
> [@](#): > > Of course, these are guys that were elected by the most backwards thinking voters of the most backwards, uneducated states in the US. I take issue with this slanderous statement. I mean, Kentucky isn’t on that list at all. We elected a Democrat this time around, and he’ll be on that stimulus cash like country ham on a biscuit. (Of course, the guy he replaced was a Republican who would have been right at home among this pack of jackasses, and who would have pulled just such a stunt. He was under indictment when he ran for re-election, and he still only lost 60-40.) ---
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-news-some-gop-governors-may-turn-down-stimulus-funds/486488/19 "2009-02-19T04:00:31Z")
I think it is stupid. Just because you are philosophically against something, doesn’t mean you can’t take advantage of it. Especially since refusing to take advantage will make you comparatively worse off. It’s like that idiotic “tax rebate” we all got last year; I thought it was stupid and pointless, and it was, but nevertheless I still took the money and spent it. Otherwise, I’d be at a disadvantage. Sure, the stimulus is a bad idea. But it is an even worse idea to let everyone else cash in and let yourself be comparatively worse off. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-news-some-gop-governors-may-turn-down-stimulus-funds/486488/20 "2009-02-19T04:04:52Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > So you support 2nd Amendment rights? Good for you. Actually I do. Right to bare arms is defined in the Constitution at the same level as many other named and unnamed inalienable rights. So while I don’t believe we have a natural inalienable right to guns our government is defined from it’s setup as beliving that. So it’s best to treat guns as an alienable right lest things like Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech, Rights to a public speedy trial by jury without secret evidence also come under scrutiny and attack… oh snap. I forgot the efforts of Republicans. They already are. Well I still support gun rights. Let me know when Republicans support the rest of the bill of rights, and the general welfare of America too. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-news-some-gop-governors-may-turn-down-stimulus-funds/486488.md?page=2)