Palin rejects stimulus money

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Gov. Sarah Palin is refusing to accept more than 30 percent of the federal economic stimulus money being offered to Alaska, including dollars for schools, energy assistance and social services

 

 

 

 

The all-Republican Senate minority said that Palin is taking a wise course and it's important not to accept federal money that could end up costing the state in the long run. People would come to expect the programs and the state would have to pick up the tab to keep them going after the federal money ran out, said Palin and her allies.

 

 

Palin rejects over 30% of stimulus money: Gov. Sarah Palin | adn.com

[RoyalOrleans]

Last I heard, Sonny Perdue is going to reject some, if not all, of the stimulus money.

 

Never know with Sly Sonny! We'll see...

 

Perdue: GA might turn down some stimulus money

[Ahhlee]

I'll have to check what ND is doing. We've had an economic surplus so I'd like to hope we aren't looking for too many hand outs.

[eddo]

I dunno abotu AZ.

 

We have a Repub gov now, but man the old Gov left the stae in such a mess I don't know what to expect.

[RoyalOrleans]

I dunno abotu AZ.

 

We have a Repub gov now, but man the old Gov left the stae in such a mess I don't know what to expect.

 

Are we talking Janet "From Another Planet" Napolitano?

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These guys are taking some heat but I hope they stick to there guns on this.

 

 

To hear Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell tell it, Palin's decision to refuse the money -- including $171.5 million for Alaska schools -- was more about calling timeout on a hasty spending process than flat-out rejecting the cash.

 

"We want to have the public discussion on what do we do in two years when all of this money is gone," Parnell told reporters.

 

 

 

Palin wants discussion on stimulus funds: Politics | adn.com

[eddo]

Are we talking Janet "From Another Planet" Napolitano?

 

oh yeah. Napolitano couldn't balance a budget to save her life.

 

It's no wonder Obama picked her...

 

 

 

That's it Snaf. In 2 years this money will be gone. Who is gonna fund these new programs then? It's a very valid question, Good for Palin for thinking ahead for her state.

 

I am curious though, as to why the other 70% is ok to take.

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The biggest single chunk of money that Palin is turning down is about $170 million for education, including money that would go for programs to help economically disadvantaged and special needs students.

Isn't this the same broad who, during her campaign with McSame talked about special needs kids being oh so important and wanting to expand money for them (seeing how her own kid is retarded and all)? Now her excuse not to help them is some BS about "BIGGER GOVERNMENT"?

 

Oh well... guess it's better to keep the Alaskans uneducated, you can get them to believe anything you want that way, just like Kentucky, Mississippi. Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and alot of the other red states...

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Isn't this the same broad who, during her campaign with McSame talked about special needs kids being oh so important and wanting to expand money for them (seeing how her own kid is retarded and all)? Now her excuse not to help them is some BS about "BIGGER GOVERNMENT"?

 

Oh well... guess it's better to keep the Alaskans uneducated, you can get them to believe anything you want that way, just like Kentucky, Mississippi. Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and alot of the other red states...

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What part of stimulus don't you understand?

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Isn't this the same broad who, during her campaign with McSame talked about special needs kids being oh so important and wanting to expand money for them (seeing how her own kid is retarded and all)? Now her excuse not to help them is some BS about "BIGGER GOVERNMENT"?

 

Oh well... guess it's better to keep the Alaskans uneducated, you can get them to believe anything you want that way, just like Kentucky, Mississippi. Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and alot of the other red states...

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Our education up here is just fine. She cut a pet project she loves but knows this should not be part of a STIMULUS PACKAGE! She also doesn't want the governmental bureaucracy that comes with the money. We need to take care of our own education and put in place a way to fund it for more than two years. We don't need the governmental sugar high.

 

She will be a spokesperson for special needy children and education.

[RoyalOrleans]

Oh well... guess it's better to keep the Alaskans uneducated, you can get them to believe anything you want that way, just like Kentucky, Mississippi. Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and alot of the other red states...

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Lump Nebraska into that uneducated list of red states.

 

2008 Election Facts

Issues of the Day: Economy- crash in stock market & home values; government bailouts and deficits;a loss of confidence in incompetent, greedy and/or criminal business leaders, politicians & regulators all contributing to a deep recession.

Popular vote totals generally gathered from state Certificates of Ascertainment and/or results posted directly by individual states.

McCain won Nebraska but Obama earned an electoral vote by winning the popular vote in the 2nd Congressional District. This marked the first time that Nebraska has split its electoral vote since it went to an allocated system in 1992.

Obama received more votes than any candidate in history. The prior record, about 62 million votes, was set in 2004 by George W. Bush

 

I guess that one electoral vote was from your district?

[phreakwars]

Nope, wish I could say it was.

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[RoyalOrleans]

Nope, wish I could say it was.

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Your district is full of racists.

[RoyalOrleans]

http://www.nmatv.com/video/1821/Governor-Palin-Rejects-12-of-Stimulus-Package

[eddo]

Isn't this the same broad who, during her campaign with McSame talked about special needs kids being oh so important and wanting to expand money for them (seeing how her own kid is retarded and all)? Now her excuse not to help them is some BS about "BIGGER GOVERNMENT"?

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So it's better to start a program that you have no idea how you are going to fund long term?

 

Might want to pull your head out of Olberman's ass and talk a real look at why she turned it down.

[ImWithStupid]

Isn't this the same broad who, during her campaign with McSame talked about special needs kids being oh so important and wanting to expand money for them (seeing how her own kid is retarded and all)? Now her excuse not to help them is some BS about "BIGGER GOVERNMENT"?

 

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More liberal lies. Did you get this from Media Matters too.

 

According to an April 2008 article in Education Week, Palin signed legislation in March 2008 that would increase public school funding considerably, including special needs funding. In particular, it would increase spending for certain special needs students that Alaska calls "intensive needs" (students with high-cost special requirements) from $26,900 per student in 2008 to $73,840 per student in 2011. That almost triples the per-student spending in three fiscal years. Palin's original proposal, according to the Anchorage Daily News, would have increased funds slightly more, giving intensive needs students a $77,740 allotment by 2011.

Education Week: A second part of the measure raises spending for students with special needs [the intensive needs group] to $73,840 in fiscal 2011, from the current $26,900 per student in fiscal 2008, according to the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development.

 

Unlike many other states, Alaska has relatively flush budget coffers, thanks to a rise in oil and gas revenues. Funding for schools will remain fairly level next year, however. Overall per-pupil funding across the state will rise by $100, to $5,480, in fiscal 2009. ...

Carl Rose, the executive director of the Association of Alaska School Boards, praised the changes in funding for rural schools and students with special needs as a "historic event," and said the finance overhaul would bring more stability to district budgets.

 

 

 

The issue is when the federal funding runs out in two years the state and local governments, who are already struggling, have to find a way to fund the programs.

 

The same thing happened after Clinton's C.O.P.S program in the 90's. Departments hired extra officers under the grant and then two years later were either having hiring freezes when officers would retire not filling the position, pay freezes, tax increases or decreasing services.

[ImWithStupid]

Isn't this the same broad who, during her campaign with McSame talked about special needs kids being oh so important and wanting to expand money for them (seeing how her own kid is retarded and all)? Now her excuse not to help them is some BS about "BIGGER GOVERNMENT"?

 

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More liberal lies. Did you get this from Media Matters too.

 

According to an April 2008 article in Education Week, Palin signed legislation in March 2008 that would increase public school funding considerably, including special needs funding. In particular, it would increase spending for certain special needs students that Alaska calls "intensive needs" (students with high-cost special requirements) from $26,900 per student in 2008 to $73,840 per student in 2011. That almost triples the per-student spending in three fiscal years. Palin's original proposal, according to the Anchorage Daily News, would have increased funds slightly more, giving intensive needs students a $77,740 allotment by 2011.

Education Week: A second part of the measure raises spending for students with special needs [the intensive needs group] to $73,840 in fiscal 2011, from the current $26,900 per student in fiscal 2008, according to the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development.

 

Unlike many other states, Alaska has relatively flush budget coffers, thanks to a rise in oil and gas revenues. Funding for schools will remain fairly level next year, however. Overall per-pupil funding across the state will rise by $100, to $5,480, in fiscal 2009. ...

Carl Rose, the executive director of the Association of Alaska School Boards, praised the changes in funding for rural schools and students with special needs as a "historic event," and said the finance overhaul would bring more stability to district budgets.

http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/sliming_palin.html

 

 

The issue is when the federal funding runs out in two years the state and local governments, who are already struggling, have to find a way to fund the programs.

 

The same thing happened after Clinton's C.O.P.S program in the 90's. Departments hired extra officers under the grant and then two years later were either having hiring freezes when officers would retire not filling the position, pay freezes, tax increases or decreasing services.

[phreakwars]

Actually, no, I heard Palin repeat it over and over during the campaign. She'd say it as she was dragging her kid around like she actually cared.

 

Nope, ain't gonna convince me otherwise, she's doing it for her own political ambitions.

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[hugo]

Dumb broad; rips off the oil companies but won't take money from the feds.

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Palin raised the notion of hiring more teachers, only to lay them off later. She also said some of the federal money has strings attached, such as the state having to adopt and police uniform building codes if it accepts energy efficiency money.

 

Palin also mentioned the nation's multitrillion-dollar debt, saying, "We can't keep digging this hole."

 

 

 

I think it is prudent of her to include the peoples idea's even if it means taking the money which I hope she dosn't.

 

 

 

 

Protesters tell Palin take stimulus funds: Politics | adn.com

[ImWithStupid]

Actually, no, I heard Palin repeat it over and over during the campaign. She'd say it as she was dragging her kid around like she actually cared.

 

Nope, ain't gonna convince me otherwise, she's doing it for her own political ambitions.

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Sorry, I guess you watched way too, much MSDNC with Keith Olberman and didn't see that Palin already increased spending for special needs students before her child was born.

 

Seriously though, aren't you sick of Kool-aid yet?

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Actually, no, I heard Palin repeat it over and over during the campaign. She'd say it as she was dragging her kid around like she actually cared.

 

Nope, ain't gonna convince me otherwise, she's doing it for her own political ambitions.

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Alaskan Natives are taken car of by the Alaskan Native Corp from contractual oil revenue and investments in that. They get free medical care in one of the most pristine and modern medical centers in America. The rest of the minorities have to deal with medical cost like the rest of America but we are a pretty rich state thanks to the people of Alaska to allow ourselves to open up our resources. We don't need the money but some states may. When Sarah was campaigning she was doing it for the country and not for a self sustained state. Big difference.