He said the federal provisions would require unprecedented changes in state rules on who is eligible for unemployment payments. He also argued that the funds - which Democrats say would update benefits so that more women, elderly and student workers could qualify - would place additional burdens on businesses, leaving them to pay the added costs when the federal money ran out.
So, dude, you just admitted you have a problem with women, the elderly and students.
Perry blatantly promotes the needs and desires of business over those of the jobless.
Instead, businesses should be able to use the money to create jobs, Perry said.
Like additions to the private toll road 25 miles outside of Houston, with zip population to speak of, that would benefit your fat cat land developer contributors, Guv?
Wayne Slater of the Dallas Morning News points to Perry's political rationale for turning down the federal stimulus money.
We must never forget what our grandmothers and mothers taught us about birds of a feather and how they will always flock together. This phrase has proved itself true time and time again. And now we see that our Texas Republican politicians are flocking with a seriously criminal bird.
We have all no doubt heard about the Texas billionaire Madoff clone- "Sir" R. Allen Stanford who has stolen or squandered billions from his investors.
A Texas billionaire and two associates are in regulators' cross hairs, alongside Houston-based companies and an affiliated offshore bank, accused of perpetuating a multibillion-dollar fraud that could sting investors worldwide.
"We are alleging a fraud of shocking magnitude that has spread its tentacles throughout the world," said Rose Romero, regional director of the Securities and Exchange Commission's Fort Worth office, which filed civil charges Tuesday against R. Allen Stanford, the bank, two Houston companies and two company executives, James Davis and Laura Pendergest-Holt.
For the last few weeks we have been listening to wall-to-wall coverage 24/7 about the flamboyant governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, and pay-to-play politics. As we all know by now the Illinois governor is charged with criminal conspiracy for attempting to sell President Elect Barack Obama's U.S. Senate seat. Rod Blagojevich is clearly another crooked and arrogant politician who thinks he is above the law. But at least this one found himself impeached by the Illinois House.
It is nice to know some states have lawmakers who have an ethical spine where such blatant corruption and beyond the pale pay-to-play politics are concerned. Too bad Texas is sorely lacking in this area. But one has to remember the Party that is running the state at this time, although not all Democratic politicians would receive A's in ethics and integrity departments either.
When the Blagojevich scandal broke, several of the cable TV talking heads and pundits appeared especially outraged by pay-to-play politics and so I promptly sent off an email to MSNBC and CNN and suggested that if they are so livid about pay-to-play, they ought to send their research staff down to Texas to see how it works in a state where purchasing elections and pay-to-play is business du jour. Apparently other folks from around the U.S. contacted the media with the same request. Chris Matthews of Hardball responded with a chart that listed the most offending states. Texas is among them.
