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Stimulus

2009-02-16 17:12:39.18856+01 by ebwolf 0 comments

Twittered by a friend: Commentary on CNN If you oppose the stimulus, don't take the money..

If Republican politicians are so deeply opposed to President Obama's economic recovery plan, they should refuse to take the money. After all, if you think all that federal spending is damaging, there are easy ways to reduce it: Don't take federal money.

His Palmetto State already gets $1.35 back from Washington for every dollar it pays in federal taxes, according to 2005 numbers, the latest calculated by the Tax Foundation, a nonprofit tax research group... South Carolina is a ward of the federal government. It's been on welfare for years.

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