Where the Stimulus Rubber Hits the Road…

I’ve watched and read and listened with interest- and mostly confusion- about this stimulus package, really trying to put aside partisanship to, as objectively as possible, analyze the situation. Today’s NYT article (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/17/us/politics/17repubs.html?_r=1&th&emc=th)about where many of the nation’s state governors stand shows us where the rubber hits the road. And that is where those politicians who are closer to the people they govern have to make spending decisions for the people they govern.

Florida’s Republican Governor, Charlie Crist had this to say:

“It really is a matter of perspective… As a governor, the pragmatism that you have to exercise because of the constitutional obligation to balance your budget is a very compelling pull” generally. “Whether it’s teachers or people on road crews helping our infrastructure, those in the health care arena as it might relate to Medicaid, all of these areas are important, all of them can produce jobs,” Mr. Crist said, adding, “Regardless of what your party is, Republican or Democrat, it really doesn’t matter. We have a duty and an obligation to the people who elected us, no matter what our position happens to be, to work together to get through this thing.”

In the National Governors Association’s plea to Congress to be more bipartisan, Republican governors, including the group’s Vice Chairman, Vermont Republican Gov. Jim Douglas said this:

“The combination of funds for Medicaid, education and other essential services is critical for governors as they work to manage the downturn in their states and improve government for the long term,”

Perhaps the Republicans in Congress are too close to the party apparatus and not close enough to the responsibility of doling out the actual dollars.

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